Hotel Roof Of Africa Windhoek

... buffaloes. But the human populations nearby probably limit the animals, especially when they’re pyromaniacs, burning every thing in sight, just like northern Thailand. I love the dry season, uh huh. Soon we’re out on the open plains as night falls, and I opt to shut it all out, just sleep as much as I can, while some of my fellow Americans seem to be having a pajama party next door. When the sun finally rises it ...

... Then we went to Alte Feste museum which was interesting. It's an old German fort on a hill. Beautiful view of the city!<br><br>DAY 5:<br> On Friday we had our first day of internships. My internship is going to be very interesting! I was placed in The Rainbow Project which is a Namibian NGO that strives towards acknoledging homosexual rights and other LGBTI concerns in ...

... level. We ignored the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Twijfelfontein Rock Paintings and the Petrified Forest but instead visited the Wondergat, which is in fact a big hole in the ground. Who could have guessed?! One night an elephant walked around our tent. It ripped off some branches of a nearby tree. In Sesfontein we found a local guide who navigated us through the (partially) dry bedding of the Hoanib river, in search of desert-adapted elephants. The track was pretty ...

... We were only 5 in the bus so had lots of space and met interesting people including a US / Canadian who was working in the north of the country for Wilderness Safaris. The drive was 5 hours and we arrived in the busy city of Windhoek for lunchtime. Feeling rested and not wanting to miss out on all the wildlife here we hired a small car and went to Amani Lodge to watch the Lion feeding there. It was a rough track that led us to the exclusive ...

... Now the group is down to 7. The cardboard box runs a travel agency out of the hostel so we decided to head there first to see if they could help. After about an hour of phone calls and deliberation we decided not to go on the trip. There were no flights available and we couldn't even charter a plane within a few days. The only way to get there was a 30 hour bus ride there and back which severely cut into our travel time. Besides the girls were really worried about ...

... almost five hours along a dusty, grovel road to reach Kulala Lodge. On our way we saw the landscape changing from flat plain spotted with scrub bush, grasses and low trees to boulder hills and gravel plains to mountains and finally the red dunes of the Namib Desert. Our guide, Mboto, took us on a detour over a breathtakingly scenic mountain pass. We could see the view across the desert gravel plains to the rugged Naukluft Mountains, which border the northern reaches ...

... nice curry chicken for dinner. Or so i'm told. I'm sorry I couldn't meet them also. See pic of Papso and his wife with their 6 month old daughter in the background photo. Start: - End: - Distance Travelled: 0 km Road Conditions: - Temperature: couldn't say, except that i had a fever so it all seemed rather hot

... did not even SEE me. Tony thinks it is a (South-) African white attitude. I feel bad about myself: why did I not say: hoi: I am served now: can you wait till it is your turn? So, girls, what do you think??? And boys? We decide to take another road back to Windhoek, just a bit longer. Just over 300 km on the map. 350 in reality. But for the last 20 km to Windhoek, all is gravel. Can you imagine gravel roads till 20 km from Brussels in Belgium? The gravel is not only ...

... behaved that I had virtually no contact on his mouth the whole journey. We covered about 15km along the reserve only seeing some Springbok and Oryx as we rode. The scenery was spectacular and there was plenty of opportunity for some good riding. The horses knew when we were getting close because they speeded up the hill before we got to the campsite. When we arrived, the site had been set up with a line for the horses and a table set for dinner with lanterns, napkins and ...

... patio bar. This is where I spent all my time at the Box. Swimming and drinking Windhoek, the local, quite delicious brew, for all of 80 cents. Since Namibia is the only former German colony in Africa, these guys know how to brew good beer! Brewing for over a hundred years here in Namibia, because the imported European beer did not hold up well to the African heat. In any case, Windhoek is brewed to German purity standards. I thought it was perfect for the ...