Friday, October 2, 2009

Namibia- The Adventure Begins






The plan was to leave on Saturday at 8:30AM. The car rental took a little longer, so Michael and Sean got back to LBG with Simba, our BMW, around 9AM. At about 8:50AM, I realized that my camera had been stolen out of my room (when locked). This really should have been realized earlier, since on that Wednesday my flatmate Emily realized her US cell phone was stolen out of her desk. They’ve since changed the lock (thank god) and stopped the handy men from accessing rooms of Americans without the supervisor present, but the building still hasn’t admitted that the thefts (my flatmate and I plus three or four other Americans, all locked flats and rooms) were committed by staff. They even searched another flatmate, Sbusiso, in a very insulting way. Though it didn’t end up being a very big deal, I was heartbroken at the time and had to report it and all. We left at 9:45AM.


We stopped for lunch in a town called Citrusdale. The streets were PACKED. We could barely drive through because it seemed like the whole town was having a giant block party.


When we had gotten really close to Port Nolloth-the small Northern Cape town we were staying in the first night-we decided to go through a local reserve famous for its wildflowers. We saw some game, baboons, and some time of bok (onyx?) with huge curvy horns. The flowers/scenary was gorgeous, and we (appropriately) played the lion king soundtrack throughout. Here’s our first attempt at Michael’s self-timer camera balanced on the roof of the car.



Our house in Port Nolloth was RIGHT on the beach. This is taken from our driveway. We pulled in just in time for this amazing sunset. The house itself was old and lovely, and our first night in Port Nolloth we went out to the town’s one restaurant-a seafood place (of course). It was decorated like the Crusty Crab from Spongebob Squarepants (on this I’m taking Sara’s word because I’ve never seen it, but she seemed completely convinced). Both the host and the menu immediately told us we would have to be patient as the staff was minimal, so we kept our smiles on waiting 45 minutes to order-hey, they warned us! By the time we got our food, we were definitely falling asleep, but it was a fair reward after a long day’s drive.

2 comments:

  1. YOU'VE NEVER SEEN SPONGEBOB?! I don't care HOW many countries you've visited in your lifetime. You are not cultured. I plan to fix this.

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  2. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SPONGEBOB?! Liz, I don't care HOW many countries you've visited, people you've met, animal parts eaten - you are not cultured. I plan to fix this.

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