Farewell to Namibia

This morning Josea picked us up from the Elegant Guesthouse at 9 a.m. and we were treated to a tour of the city. This is Josea’s college hometown and he obviously loves it. He drove us around the various Parliament buildings and then parked the car and we walked around the town enjoying the various shopping areas. After walking for a while, he drove us to the “office” – the headquarters for the safari company – where we met Tristan, the owner with whom we had corresponded for many months but didn’t meet until today. We had a nice visit and talked about all sorts of aspects of our trip. Then Josea drove us to the airport. The airport in Windhoek is quite a distance from town and, as we drove, I imagined that we were just going to keep going back into the country with Josea. But alas, that dream ended and we were delivered to the departures door at the airport.
Windhoek is not really up to speed on security issues and we quickly passed through all security without so much as removing our “liquids” or our computers.
We then spent the better part of an hour spending out our Namibian currency before leaving for Johannesburg. I must say that British Airways treats its customers very well- In a two hour flight we were offered lunch and two separate beverage services. Unbelievable.
We quickly exited the airport and caught the shuttle to the City Lodge. It is a nice hotel close to the airport that is currently being renovated. But our room is nice.
There is no in-hotel restaurant but there are local carryouts that deliver. So we ordered pizza that was delicious.
Tomorrow morning we leave early for Munich – a long trip north. No time zones switches (maybe one hour) but 10 hours flight time.