Kategorie: Namibia
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Erongo Mountains
Erongo Mountains are the left-over of a huge, ancient volcano, which erupted about 130 million years ago. Huge granite boulders (formerly lava) are scattered around the landscape as if placed there by mighty powers. Surreal, peculiar and fascinating. We stayed there because of the very different landscape to sand and water (we had enough of…
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Branding mistakes
I have to ask Axel & Team (Merck’s brand champions) to speak to the Impalas (CIO) about their „vibrant M“ and to the South-African winemaker. Ob das Merck’sche Branding-Team die Impalas davon überzeugen kann, dass ihr „M“ auf der Hinterseite nicht „vibrant“ genug ist? Der Sauvignon wäre dann sicher das kleinere Problem.
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Back in Windhoek
Coming to the end means first of all caring for Toyo: Cleaning the car from the inside (kilos of sand in every hollow space), the outside (smells like a hybrid of elephant and warthog), treating him to an under carriage wash (salt is gone now) and arranged with the Toyota garage a date to repair…
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All my bags are packed …
… I’m ready to go, I’m standing here outside the door …. (same song as at the beginning of this blog). A long tour has come to its end. Two months and nearly 8,000 km through four countries in Southern Africa. Now I’m sitting here at the Airport thinking about the many animals and few…
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Africa calling
The calling became too loud. Since September 30th we are back in Namibia. And Windhoek welcomes us with a huge innovation: Collection of biometric data upon arrival. Ten People before us. Took half an hour. Why don’t you take a speed sketch Artist? More important: Our Toyo is ready to go. But still some work the…
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Stupidity, bureaucracy and politics
Two days lie behind us, which bring us closer to the other side of Namibia. Three examples: 1. After a grandiose car guy, who replaced the broken inverter by pulling new cables from one of the two batteries to the dashboard, we ended up with amateurs. As if we have the only car in Windhoek that…
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Windhoek’s weather
Where did they put me? Is it Africa or the Alps? It’s icy in the morning – 7 degrees Celsius. I count my blessings for the hot shower. What everyone is happy about (except the Germans who escaped from their rainy homeland): For the first time in 10-12 years, the „Little Rainy Season“, which is actually typical for…
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The year of electricity problems
2016 was the year of the cats. 2017 seems to be the year of electricity. We are on our way north, stay overnight in Roy’s Camp – while in 2016 we were three cars (hello to the LowLandCruisers from Belgium!), there are now about 20, not so romantic anymore! Worse: When we arrive, one of…
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Goodbye, farewell, Namibia!
Today we are going to leave the country we first visited in 2008. A farewell forever? With a little melancholy, but with three lasting memories in my heart and mind: 1. Luxury of width An area twice as big as Germany and only the population of Berlin, that’s the antithesis to Asian boom cities or…