Friday, November 7, 2008
Jo'berg Airport - Thunder and rain. We arrive at 6:00 am for our 7:45 flight to Windhoek. By 8:00 we are still waiting and information is a little scarce. There was a flight yesterday that was turned back after take off due to mechanical problems. Maybe they are still working on the plane. Maybe they are trying to get a bigger plane to accommodate the passengers from yesterday. Not a lot of chairs in the waiting area, so we are all on the floor. That's surprising because the airport is very sleek and well taken care of. Now it looks like we will board by 8:30, We will see. FYI - The South African accents are quite charming. The captain on the flight from the US pronounces Johannesburg as "Janisburg".
Jo'berg Airport - Thunder and rain. We arrive at 6:00 am for our 7:45 flight to Windhoek. By 8:00 we are still waiting and information is a little scarce. There was a flight yesterday that was turned back after take off due to mechanical problems. Maybe they are still working on the plane. Maybe they are trying to get a bigger plane to accommodate the passengers from yesterday. Not a lot of chairs in the waiting area, so we are all on the floor. That's surprising because the airport is very sleek and well taken care of. Now it looks like we will board by 8:30, We will see. FYI - The South African accents are quite charming. The captain on the flight from the US pronounces Johannesburg as "Janisburg".
I am thinking that it will be possible to keep in touch with the outside world through computers, e-mails and travel blog links, but the airport will be my last chance to commune with the world at large for a while
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Windhoek - Pronounced with a German 'V', is a very clean, prosperous city with organized traffic patterns, busy commercial center with shopping malls, etc. Our driver/guide Corna (for Cornelia) quips that Namibia is 'Africa for beginners'. We start the 7 hour drive over well maintained gravel roads to our first camp - Kulala Desert Lodge, which is at the border of the national park with some of the world's largest sand dunes. Along the way, we realize that Namibia has a lot of beautiful 'nothing'. The first night - I sleep in a bedroll on the roof of our cabin and the moon washes the eerie landscape with clarity.
On Google Earth we are at 24°36'52.86"S / 15°42'13.05"E
Windhoek - Pronounced with a German 'V', is a very clean, prosperous city with organized traffic patterns, busy commercial center with shopping malls, etc. Our driver/guide Corna (for Cornelia) quips that Namibia is 'Africa for beginners'. We start the 7 hour drive over well maintained gravel roads to our first camp - Kulala Desert Lodge, which is at the border of the national park with some of the world's largest sand dunes. Along the way, we realize that Namibia has a lot of beautiful 'nothing'. The first night - I sleep in a bedroll on the roof of our cabin and the moon washes the eerie landscape with clarity.
On Google Earth we are at 24°36'52.86"S / 15°42'13.05"E
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