To put it straight at the beginning: I am not car freak. In Europe and abroad during holidays I used to be a fanatic public transport supporter. But it was obvious that a car in Namibia would become something essential due to huge distances, lack of (formal) public transport and the high risk of ending …
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Friday last week we met with the IT technicians from the Ohangwena, Oshana and Oshikoto regions at the Ministry of Education (MoE) in Ondangwa for the first time (Oshikoto and Ohangwena sharing the same premises there). After having three hours tech talks we also had the chance to met the Director for the Oshikoto region …
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People told me that Oshakati is one of the hot spots in the North when it comes to street crime. Last Saturday proved that for me. Around 1.p.m I was walking from my car to the GAME store when two guys approached me and one of them tried to get my attention with a cell …
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’ …