Kalahari Sands Windhoek

... to care and took it. The rest of the day I spent researching car rentals and safaris. I posted my plans on the internet and said I was looking for people to share the car rental and did the same at another hostel. With the costs of renting a car alone though (it was at least 3x as expensive as Capetown) as well as gas, food, and lodging I was thinking of doing a safari. What was most appealing of it was doing it with other people. The idea of driving through the desert ...

... br> So yesterday I bought a SIM card for my cell phone. It was cheap, 30 Namibian Dollars (= $4) and get my own cell # and some cell minutes. I brought an old razor cell phone from an expired T-mobile contract. Popped in the new SIM card, and entered the SIM PIN. Brillo I thought. Not fast D. Then it asked me for a "subsidiary Password". What the hell is that? So I entered a few numbers from the SIM card, but nothing worked. Then the phone locked and it said "contact you service ...

... stand for Rally for Democracy and Progress. The party was formally founded in 2007 and is still gaining strength in numbers, but not enough to beat SWAPO. Unfortunately, the next Namibian Presidential elections will be help in November of this year, so it looks like SWAPO will have the country for another 5 years and there's no telling what may happen in those five years ...

... with on the ship who are also adventurous. Part of our agreement with SAS is that we're not allowed to leave the country so I was hoping that these guys would be bold enough to bend that rule. Turns out they were. One of them had a prior commitment so he couldn't go, but the other three were sold immediately. So it was the four of us, James, Evan, Riley, and me. We spend two days trying to book flights from the capital city of Namibia, Windhoek to Vic Falls in Zambia. We ...

... I even didn't know where it was... But now that I have seen a lot of pictures and stories, I have the strong feeling that Namibia is for me! It will be my first trip in "real" Africa and I'm so excited about that... I imagine myself in "Out of Africa" (without Robert Redford, unfortunately...) = paradise on earth... Yann agrees with me very quickly, it is now decided, we have 10 months to prepare this trip to Namibia...

... the sand and blend in beautifully with the surroundings. Apparently clay houses are 5 degrees cooler in the summer and 5 degrees warmer in the winter than conventional buildings so ideal for the African climate. The food here is a gastronomic delight and some of the best we had on the holiday. For dinner we had Impala Carpaccio and Kudu Casserole which was absolutely gorgeous. The owner was an incredibly friendly German who had bought it off the people who had ...

... Sir, your bag has been stolen, here's the check for your coffee" Tavoite saavutettu! Mita enemman olet pakannut reppuusi arvotavaroita, sen parempi. Itse en ikava kylla saanut reppuuni kiiressa kuin kamerani, avaimeni, linkkarin (varkaiden varalle, ironista, eiko?) Harmi, olisi ollut viela passi, puhelin, mp3-soitin ja muuta m ukavaa herroilkle, ehka ensi kerralla sitten. Mutta paras on ...

One thing I love most about traveling is meeting other people and the best way to do this is to stay at a hostel. Last night there was about a dozen people hanging out dinking at the hostel bar. There were all sorts, from all over. Even two girls from Edmonton, who were sporting fake English accents to try and pick up foreigners. I don't they realized how silly they sounded, but if it works for them, all the power. Conversations ...

... place in the Namib Desert but the mountains around providing amazing views. Staying at Palmwag Lodge campsite, an amazing setting. We had the best pitch of the site which was huge. We had our own toilet and shower which were open at the back overlooking the most incredible landscape. We could look out over hills and bush whilst having a shower/going to the loo! The hot springs at Gross Barman (like an old fashioned swimming baths out of the ...