Twyfelfontein
27 listopada 2017, NamibiaGot up early. Two
Got up early. Two
Thursday, Nov. 14th, when I was in the office late afternoon and checked on my emails, suddenly a email from South African Airways popped up and said “your flight was canceled due to industrial Czytaj więcej
Flew over the Atlantic Ocean and got to the edge of Africa continent. The route is the straight line as seen on the map, not a curve as going to one of the polars for “shorter distance”. So it Czytaj więcej
Exchanged $200 at the airport, which is all I had. Not a great rate, 13.96 vs. 14.71, plus 5% commission. The guide book said it’s better to have South Africa Rand than Namibia dollar. Rand is Czytaj więcej
The flight provided meal, I was a little surprised. The rice was dry and hard, the fish was ok. The guys sat next to me are from Indian. They came to visit. One of the guys offered to help me taking a Czytaj więcej
Just landed. The KLM was Finn’s flight. His flight made a stop in Luanda, Angola, then continued on to Windhoek. KLM only runs this direct flight twice a week. We were supposed to arrive at the same Czytaj więcej
Finn rented a satellite phone and a GPS. I’m the second driver on the lease. The rep also gave him a map and told him a lot roads are new. It’s better to refer to the map from time to time.
The Czytaj więcej
Very hot...! Finn’s luggage didn’t arrive. His flight flew from AMS to Windhoek directly with one stop over Angola. There was no reason for the luggage to be lost, but it happened. He was not the Czytaj więcej
Leaving the reserve we went the city center. On the way there we passed by an area that was jammed with small houses made by corrugated metal sheets or some other materials, very much like the ones Czytaj więcej
First night in Windhoek. The wind blew violently, not like the summer wind at all. Looked like wind in South Hemisphere is just stronger. We learned the same thing when in Patagonia.
I had a huge Czytaj więcej