Windhoek, NamibiaThursday, July 8, 2010
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Trip Across Africa DAY #11
Another travel day. A four and a half hour drive took us from the Etosha National Park to the capital city of Windhoek today. The last hour was sketchy as the diesel fuel filter for our Nissan Terrano began to go out, most likely due to water in our fuel from getting some bad diesel somewhere. So we prayed that God would allow us to make it to Windhoek without having to stop and do repairs myself. God came through once again. I did prepare well for the journey as I brought two extra diesel filters (as I have had them go out before and had to change them myself) as well as an extra oil filter and all the fluids we would need
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We saw elephant crossing signs early in our journey across Namibia. On the drive today we saw warthog crossing signs, and there were definitely many of them alongside of the road. We also saw massive termite mounds everywhere along the way, some the size of trees. We also have these in Mozambique, but these were pretty big, and a whole lot of them, too. Don’t build with wood in Namibia, I guess.
We saw elephant crossing signs early in our journey across Namibia. On the drive today we saw warthog crossing signs, and there were definitely many of them alongside of the road. We also saw massive termite mounds everywhere along the way, some the size of trees. We also have these in Mozambique, but these were pretty big, and a whole lot of them, too. Don’t build with wood in Namibia, I guess.
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found a very professional, large auto mechanic in Windhoek, but had to
wait until 2:00pm to have the diesel filter changed as well as the oil
and oil filter. I did score a new air filter here in Windhoek, which has
been near impossible for me to purchase or order in Lichinga. So praise
God for that! I was hoping that we would be able to get our window that
had broken in Zambia replaced at a glass shop while we were waiting for
our appointment with the mechanic. No-can-do. Apparently, there are no
replacement windows for our Nissan Terrano in all of Namibia! I will
have to look into ordering one from Jo-berg when we get back to
Lichinga. The tape will have to do for now.
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We are staying the next two nights in our tent, again, this time at a place called the “Cardboard Box Backpacker’s Lodge.” Everyone is out of rooms we can stay in and this is the less-expensive route anyway. They have a cool Volkswagon Bus all graffiti’d up with their logo. Tomorrow we make for the sand dunes in the desert.
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Christian Young
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We are staying the next two nights in our tent, again, this time at a place called the “Cardboard Box Backpacker’s Lodge.” Everyone is out of rooms we can stay in and this is the less-expensive route anyway. They have a cool Volkswagon Bus all graffiti’d up with their logo. Tomorrow we make for the sand dunes in the desert.
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Christian Young
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