Sounds like a fairy tale but it’s not. One guy in the neighborhood has three kittens for two weeks or so. After backing out my buggy out of the garden this morning my neighbor Alex heard the meow of a cat under the car. A look down, nothing. -> 2.5km to the Ministry. Before lunch …
There are lot of things you’re not able to find here in the stores up in the North. At least for one product it’s the other way around: full cream instant milk powder. In Switzerland and Germany I’ve not been able to get my hands on this stuff for my outdoor trips. 1:0 for Jonas …
If you are working in Zurich you definitely have a bigger salary, a bigger selection of cultural activities, restaurants and shops…and…and…and endless more things. But at least when it comes to the fringe benefit category parking-lot the Ministry of Education Outapi beats all competition. Try that one at the Kantonspolizei ZH.
I’ve been a bit lazy during the last weeks when it comes to my blog. Luckily for my work and also for the spare time I couldn’t say the same. So, how is work? First things comes first. My office, which I share with my ‘counterpart’ Victor, is situated in the main building of the …
Second Thursday evening in my new home town. Although the clocks are definitely ticking somewhat different here I am surprised about thinks I’ve done so far. The first day Markus and I spent some time (and gas) to have fly-screens installed at my small house. Just to give you an idea of how simple such …
This afternoon Markus and I started the 750 Km trip up to Outapi on the B1. The two vehicle SUV convoy fully packed with my stuff arrived at our farm/guesthouse close to Otavi at 6.p.m.. Tomorrow morning we will probably be on the road for another four hours.
Against all my concerns my stuff and I arrived in Namibia Friday last week. I was positively surprised that I got away without having paid for my excess luggage of 16Kg on the SA flight (there had been an announcement for a Mr. Benjamin Neuhoff in the Terminal in Johannesburg due to some ‘luggage issue’ …
Just landed in Johannesburg. Unlike in Zurich the security check of my hand-baggage (I took that one literally -> ‘all you can carry with both of your hands’ -> and ended up with a 14 Kg bag stuffed with electronic equipment + my notebook + docking station) went very smooth. Boarding of my flight to …
(Thanks to the New Year’s resolution the first post of the year – and many more to come) On the 4th of February I am going to leave Switzerland for quite a while. My new home for the next three years will be Namibia and a town called Outapi, the capital of the Omusati region …
If you plan to hike the Maximiliansweg (a part of the European long distance path E4) you’ll soon realize that there is not much information around. When it comes to backpacking virtually none. At least I had this impression the night before I took the train to Bregenz on May 5th to start stage 1 …