We’ve said goodbye to tar this morning. For most of our remaining 2,000km until Cape Town, dirt roads and hills will be our final challenge. If you’ve been following my blog, you know my attitude on that—bloody hills, bloody dirt! I can push up on hills rather fast even though I don’t particularly enjoy...
Days 103–104: Beautiful Windhoek—modern, clean & green (and very German)
We’ve had two wonderfully relaxing rest days in Windhoek. What a beautiful modern, clean & green city in an absolutely stunning setting surrounded by rolling hills and blessed with a benign climate! Highlights on my end: Chilling for hours at the Craft Café inside the Craft Center—great food, great service, fast Internet, nice ambience...
Day 102: Ups and downs are more fun and rewarding than endless monotony
I wasn’t looking forward to this afternoon’s ride into Windhoek. 900 meters of climbing, the Whiteboard had announced—this after weeks on almost perfectly flat roads, and after a sequence of very long cycling days. “Forecast of rain—dress warmly”, the whiteboard further warned. Brrr, no one was looking forward to another difficult, cold and rainy day....
Day 101: The more Western, the more hazardous the drivers
Entering into Namibia has been quite an eye-opener for me. This is no longer the Africa that I had expected to see and experience on this tour. We are back in civilization. There are lots of signboards in German and Afrikaans, evidence of Namibia’s colonial history. Gobabis, the first town we’ve passed today in Namibia,...
