Category Archives: Southern Africa The morning I was set to cross the border, I was in high spirits. I would be leaving Namibia – the land of extreme temperatures, and the place where I was so sick for so many weeks – and heading into a new country, a fresh start. South Africa. Although I wasn’t going to be […]  Most of you who have been following my blog lately have probably noticed a theme here in Namibia – the difficulty of traveling in this country due to its impossible weather. Since leaving Luderitz, Bruno and I have scurried through the few hundred kilometers to the border with South Africa, in hopes of escaping the once-again […]  Bruno and I decided to make a detour to Luderitz on our way south because we wanted to smell the ocean breeze and get relief from the hot, dry heat of the interior. What we got was slightly more than we had bargained for. For those of you who think of Chicago as the Windy […]  After almost two agonizingly long (and hot) weeks in Windhoek, Bruno and I finally hit the road! Our goal? Reaching the Southern border en route to South Africa, while visiting as many interesting Namibian places as possible on the way. This is the essence of Bruno’s travel style – to make the journey the goal […] It’s unlike me not to write a Christmas post, even if some of my Christmasses abroad have been less than wondrous. This year probably rates as the worst of the worst and is the reason for this belated holiday post. On Monday, December 17th, I rode Gaza for what would turn out to be the […] |
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