Thanks to everybody for email, gifts, sms and blog comments on my birthday. It’s very much appreciated, especially now that I’m so far away from home. Yesterday we had a fantastic sunset here in Windhoek. Just now we are leaving to Sossusvlei and Luderitz, so updates will come next week.

This weekend we went to Swakopmund, a town on the west coast by the Atlantic ocean. This is the driest area of Namibia, and here is the desert and the dunes. The city has a lot of activities to offer, and this time of year it’s also very quiet. To get there we took the … Read more

This Sunday we didn’t really have any plans, but had talked about going to Amani lodge. I had just read a little bit about it on the internet, but the pages weren’t updated the last four years. From the phone book I got the number, and made the call. Yes, they could take six people … Read more

To get around in the city of Windhoek the best way is to take a taxi. However, taking a taxi in Windhoek is a bit different from what we are used to in Europe. There is a lot of taxis. In fact the majority of cars driving in the streets of Windhoek are taxis. When … Read more

700 km north of Windhoek is the Famous Etosha national park. When going to Namibia this is one of the places one must see. It covers an area of 22 912 km² after several reduction from the approximately 80 000 km² it was when first declared in 1907. The word “etosha” means “The great white … Read more

Namibia is a country with great contrast, and the difference between the poor and the rich is one of the biggest in the world. We went to visit Katutura, the poorest part of Windhoek.   This is where many of the beneficiaries to the Mount Sinai Centre is living. We went together with Panduleni and … Read more

Today we have been to the Okapuka lodge located about 30km north of Windhoek. We hired a minibus with driver to take us there. It’s popular place for both tourists and Namibians to go. We hadn’t made reservations but got lucky and there was room for us on a game drive. On the ranch there … Read more

Panduleni invited us to come and see the work they do at the Mount Sinai Centre. Mount Sinai is a welfare organization that support HIV positive mothers by among other things giving out milk formula and food. This is important because many of the mothers and caretakers can’t afford the milk formula, and breastfeeding puts … Read more

Just outside the city center of Windohoek there is a hiking area with a path called “The Aloe trail”. Me an Wulan went up there to for a walk on thursday. On the way up there we also passed and visited the botanical garden. The garden was very nice, but I would have liked to … Read more

I’ve now started my intership at Windhoek Central Hospital. Yesterday Luzanne showed me around the departments, and the staff there has been kind and helpful and showed me around today. I’ve tried developing X-ray films in the darkroom, which was a new experience for me. Apart from multiple exposures on the same film, it’s pretty much the … Read more