Namibia

  • Windhoek – Departure and Ride to Henties Bay

    Windhoek – Departure and Ride to Henties Bay

    4 hours, 0 minutes, 360 kilometers (225 miles) It helps not to forget which hemisphere you’re in. Yeah, in the southern hemisphere, the sun is in the north this time of year. So heading north means you’re riding into the sun constantly. Duh. Daily Diary It was a good 4 days in Windhoek, but time…

  • Windhoek – Nigerian High Commission, Downtime, and Kapana

    Windhoek – Nigerian High Commission, Downtime, and Kapana

    Getting a visa for a land border crossing shouldn’t be this hard. So, while waiting for Monday to come to visit with the Nigerian High Commission and check on my visa status, I had some time to check out Windhoek and meet some very interesting people. One of whom, was Timotheus. No, I am not…

  • Windhoek – Arrival

    Windhoek – Arrival

    Some downtime while I square away my Nigerian visa. I had fixed the settings on my Innovv camera (front and rear cameras) in Keetmashoop, but couldn’t get the app to connect because I didn’t have data working on my phone without wifi. It still recorded video, but more than 200gigs by the time I arrived…

  • Keetmanshoop – Departure and Ride to Windhoek

    Keetmanshoop – Departure and Ride to Windhoek

    4 hours, 45 minutes, 500 kilometers (300 miles) Stupid Tire Pump. The day before, I was doing some maintenance…. Replaced the left mirror mount that melted in Mexico. The right one was repaired in Bolivia using a spool of wire I found in a parking garage, that one I am keeping! I added a kill…

  • Keetmanshoop – Arrival

    Keetmanshoop – Arrival

    First stop in Namibia! Rode over to my accommodations for the night… Checked in to the Quiver Inn… Nice place! The room was nice! Always some weirdness! Stopped by the Spar for a meat resupply and some other snacks. I saw a small roadside stand with the name “Eat-Sum-More”, but didn’t realize it was a…