To Windhoek or Bust...

This month has been a lot of travel for me. I have had to go to the capital twice now for different meetings. Let me put you in the mind set of a hiker... Your day starts at 5 am when you wake up, shower and eat a filling breakfast then you walk to the "hike point" which is where you will try and flag down a ride. Since many people here do not have cars this is how most of the population gets around the country by depending on the people who can afford cars to give them a lift. So you wait on the side of the road until you can get a lift either to your town or the destination of the driver. There are 3 main towns in between Windhoek and Rundu so it is very likely I will be dropped off in each town and have to do the process all over again. Windhoek is 700km from Rundu so it should take about 6-7 hours to get down, but you have to give your self at least 10 hours. Sometimes you get lucky and get an air conditioned car going 120-140km (maybe more?!?) and other times you get a hike in the back of a truck where a little girl pees on you...all depends on your hiking luck!

It is nice to hike with other volunteers because then you can take turns talking to the driver or watching your bags in the back of the car when one person goes to the bathroom. I have debated when I come home if I will get a car or just try to free hike it across america!