Wednesday, May 12, 2010

On the Road

Since Sunday we could not post anything because we did not have Internet access at where we stayed.

On Sunday we left Springbok on our way to Windhoek. Crossing the border into Namibia was very easy. My Work Permit is still valid till mid June and Regina was given a Visitor's Visa for 90 days without much effort.

At the border we also discovered that Regina left her watch in the bathroom at the Kokerboom Motel. Fortunately Jeanine at reception was very helpful. She found the watch and will keep it in the safe till we return.

Rykie, our sister-in-law, give us some valuable tips learned from their many travels through southern africa. One of these tips became a reality to us on Sunday. She said that one should fill up with fuel where fuel is available; you never know if the next town or village will have any. We still had adequate fuel when we went past Noordoewer and headed for Grunau. When we stopped at the pump in Grunau we heard that they were fresh out of diesel!

The next diesel pump on our road was at Keetmanshoop, 170 km away. We had no option but to push on. Regina was driving and did her best not to exceed 100 km/h.

We eventually reached Keetmanshoop with 15 liter diesel to spare after a trip of 940 km from Durbanville.

We arrived in Windhoek later on Sunday.

We did not have proper cell phone reception or other Internet access at the B&B where we stayed so we could not update the blog.

Monday was spent at our office in Windhoek and managed to get a new bucket to use as a washing machine. On Tuesday morning, which happened to be a public holiday in Namibia, Regina and I left for a trip into parts of Damaraland and Kaokoveld.

So much for getting to Namibia. Now the fun started. We had nine lovely days in the real bundus of Namibia (apologies to the places we stayed over).

I will update the blog with information on the past week's travels as soon as we have proper Internet access again.

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