This trip consisted of approximately 550-600km. Between our last destination and Windhoek, we stopped at a number of places. One of the things that I noticed throughout our trip in Namibia was the massive amount of bird nests in every second tree (at least). These are not your average nests, they are gigantic. Really incredible. Of course, these nests meant that there were birds living in them. I was so amazed at the the large amount of birds that would sit in the middle of the road (to absorb some heat), and it upset me when they didn't fly off early enough and we hit them... Being an animal lover this really upset me... Even though it was out of our control.
Stampriet was one of the town's which we drove past. The first thing that came in to my mind was: 'A one-horse town', and with that we saw a very young boy (no older than 12 years) riding on a horse with NO saddle. That is pretty tough. Here dogs chased the tyres of our bakkie, so just goes to show that the dogs are not used to many cars.
On arrival in Windhoek, we checked in to our Lodge - Arebbusch. It is situated just outside of Windhoek. Here we had a chance to have a nice warm shower, and even though we had good bathroom facilities at our previous campsite, nothing comes close to a proper in-doors shower with a bedroom and warm bed :) I enjoyed the camping, but sometimes its just nice to to have 4 walls surrounding you. :)
After our showers, we headed off to the very famous - Joe's Beerhouse. Where this trip should have taken us a maximum of 15 minutes to get there, we took one hour. This was due to the flooded roads and a GPS who had no idea of how to get there except for the one route_the flooded route. It was quite an adventure. With Cat Stevens playing on repeat in the background and 4 people trying to decide on an alternative route, it was pretty funny. In the end, we drove through the closed flooded road, as the river running through the street was not as strong as we had thought. (What a waste of time it was :) )
For those of you who are not familiar with Joe's Beerhouse, think of Moyo (at Spier), but just 100x bigger and better. There is an amazing vibe! It is located outside, but with a roof covering certain areas. There are many bars and lots of seating available, with big fires situated around the the entire restaurant. One thing about Namibian food is that they specialise in Pork, as German is one of the main cultures which are visible and Pork is very much a German speciality. Their main speciality at the restaurant is Eisbein. It is huge, so instead I settled for the most delicious Pork Schnitzel :) Overall, it is just an amazing experience.
One section of the restaurant where the big fires are situated...
The gigantic Eisbein!!
We then returned to our lodge where we enjoyed a warm nights sleep. The following day we headed off for our next destination: Spitzkoppe. A campsite with the most incredible views! Think of the Lion King, when Rafiki raises the new-born Simba to the animal kingdom ;)
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