It is not a secret that traveling on African roads is more dangerous than in the Western world. Tough very well developed Namibia does not make an exception when it comes to this. And sometimes you see something dreadful coming, try to do something about it – and fail. When coming back from a meeting …
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Since his mother Lorie died at the age of ten (most likely a record for the North!) I’ve become the main parent for two and a half year old Ellie. Not an easy job. It is not a secret that pet animals outside the Western world are treated differently. Most people at Anamulenge love the …
At cozy home in Anamulenge with (almost) all goodies (stove, fridge, AC, Internet) I sometimes miss the fact that the Omusati region is quite rural. Besides an army of ants doing regular night marches through the house (almost forgot the tough cockroaches at the old NHE place) I’ve been lucky so far. Three weeks ago …
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I’ve mentioned it several times: the YAP Gym in Ongwediva. The place to be every Saturday afternoon and also often during the week on the way back to Outapi from duties in the Oshakati area. Although there is a nice fitness section most customers go for the weight training. In case I have to move …
Male chauvinism might could come trough at first sight. I refer Outapi as the ‘place to work’. Some local businessman is obviously ahead of times and refers to it already as the famous ‘place to be’ on shirts he is selling obviously quite well in town. Literally, on top of this slogan he put outapi.com …
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Heavy rain without break since yesterday evening. The surroundings of Outapi look already like it was after weeks of constant rain during the ‘main’ flooding seasons eight months ago. Lets hope the forecast is right and it will stop by the end of the week.
During the last two nights Outapi received quite some heavy showers. I’ve been talking to people and everyone says that it is quite unusual to have such intense rain during the ‘small rainy’ season. Hopefully the thing stops soon otherwise we will have a tough next year: as mentioned in one of the previous posts …
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…you don’t expect both of them. Last week the North received some heavy rain and a sharp drop of the temperature after months of drought and heat. Some say that this is already the beginning of the ‘small’ rainy season which usually starts by the end of November. Although happy for the clean, cool air …
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The ‘famous’ Ombalantu (old name for Outapi) Baobab tree is just 100m from our office premises away (should cut the barbed wire fence some day, as you have to take a kilometer detour to get there). Usually I grab some lunch at GOMA food service and have a siesta under the tree on my camping …
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Although electronic payment facilities can be found in every corner of the country the use of a ATM is still a bit thrilling as chances are that the money or the card (or both) is not coming out due to poor maintenance and old machines: last time when a Bank Windhoek ATM in Oshakati kept …