Day 12 Windhoek

Day 12 Windhoek
After an early morning game drive we set off towards Windhoek, the Capital city of Namibia.  On the way we stop at a popular craft market where you can barter for handmade gifts to take home.  Windhoek is not only the capital; it is also the cultural, social and economic centre of Namibia.  On arrival in Windhoek our guide will take us on a short city tour in our truck.  Joe’s Beer House is an exciting dining experience for our optional dinner out.
Optional Activities: Dinner out. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

5th January 2014
Today started off just like most days, except we didn't have to pull down our tent and could shower in our upgraded room which means no queueing for cubicles... good times. Because we had less to do we walked the 4 steps out our front door to checkout the waterhole, there were a few people around but sadly no animals. (we did see a tree lion)

Whilst we were there I started chatting to a guy about the previous nights excitement, he told me he was in his shower when the male lion rumbled and therefore missed the sighting altogether. He did have an interesting story to tell about the lions in the area hunting and successfully killing rhino's, the story has it that over the years the lions have killed about 12 rhinos. He didn't know if they were black or white rhinos though.

After breakfast we had an extended short game drive on the exit out of Etosha National Park, I say extended because we had done about 5Klm's when someone (who will remain nameless) realised that she had forgotten to hand back the room key...Ohh in case your wondering it wasn't me. Zenzo turned Marilyn around so we could return the keys and get our 500 Namibian Dollars back. Unfortunately we didn't see any of the big ones we were after.

The rest of the day was just about the drive to Windhoek, unfortunately the stupid people just wouldn't shut up and there was no escape this time!!! So for the first time on this entire trip (since the 29th November 2013) I borrowed Lisa's headphones, put my music on and drowned out the dribble, happy days...

By the time we arrived at Windhoek most of us had, had enough and just wanted to get away from stupid people. However as part of the itinerary we did a town tour on Marilyn but because it was late Sunday afternoon everything was closed so instead of doing a "free time activity" of walking around Windhoek we out voted the keen (possibly drunk ones) and headed to our accommodation.

Things that never cease to amaze me, whilst I was using the Wi-fi by the pool I had several members of our group come up to me and complain about the fact that it was raining heavily in the Okavango Delta??? Research people, Research!!! In the politest manner possible I asked them "what did they expect?  and that they had chosen to visit the Delta in the wet season". Research people, Research!!!
The sad thing was we were losing four of the really great family members at Windhoek. Joram, Annabel, Iris and Johanna - we really liked them as they were all great to be around. We had a dinner out at Joe's Beer House to celebrate the journey we had taken with them and the fond memories we now have, Iris gave a lovely speech and we drank some, ate some and then headed for our accommodation.