An aborted breakfast and workday

The previous day we had very good signal along the highway that led to Spitzkoppe, so our goal was to hit the highway in time for Anne to make her 10:00 meeting. I would take the time and prepare a proper breakfast while she was in the call.

Well, our relaxed plan was thwarted by reality, when we discovered that the signal at the same spot a few hours later was essentially non existent. Anne was able to connect for 30 seconds, long enough to open a Zoom room and let the participants in, and that was it. I had already begun making breakfast, but had to now pack everything together very quickly and race further along the highway.

At some point closer to the next town, called Usakos, the internet connection was stable enough for her to rejoin the meeting, having missed almost 30min of it. She finished the call from the car while parked on a gas station parking lot. As the temperatures were climbing and climbing continously (the car showed 45 degrees, and my phone said it was 38 degrees), we decided to move out of the car (we had to run the engine periodically to cool down the truck with the AC) and into the only bistro of the town (at least the only one that was listed on Google).

We went in and ordered fresh juice, pancakes, and a salad. Only to then be told that none of these things were in stock, and actually the only thing they could offer was fried chicken with fries and soda drinks. Not really what we felt like at 11am, so we passed on that offer. The place had wifi, which worked for about an hour. We're not sure what happened then but it suddenly stopped working, and there was no way for us to get any work done online. Our phones also lost connection. We were suddenly in a blackout zone again.

After growing quite frustrated with the situation, we decided to throw the towel, at least in regards to trying to get any work done productively. We had tried every avenue, and failed to get an internet connection, so the plan was decided upon to drive onwards, in direction of the Etosha National Park, which we envisioned as one of the highlights of our trip and expected a lot of encounters with nature there.

(no pics taken from all of the frustration we had built up)Baca selengkapnya