Mbabane to Windhoek, Namibia – Crossing the border from Eswatini to South Africa caused some confusion at Eswatini immigration, long queue and then they could not find the Entry stamp in my passport because there was none hahaha, after a few minutes of scratching their heads they stamped my passport, customs waved me through and I was on my way. Had to park again and go through SA immigration, short queue, stamp and go no questions asked, all up allow 30 minutes to get through the border. I first drove to Johannesburg airport a 3.5 hour drive and returned the hire car, there is a Petrol station inside the airport car park complex where you can fill up before you return the car. I went around in circles 3 times first finding the Petrol station and then finding the Car Rental drop off point. There are so many off ramps, if you are in the wrong lane you miss the correct ramp and have to go around or I could have followed the locals and reversed back up the ramps hahaha. Took the shuttle to my hotel and had a rest.
Shuttle back to the airport the next day, at Johannesburg airport you can check in anytime before your flight, I was there 4.5 hrs before departure and they checked me in. Uneventful flight to Windhoek 1:50 hrs, small airport, we were the only plane to land. It would have been stamp and go at immigration but the woman there was smiling as she went through all the pages of my passport examining all the stamps and visas hahaha. First stop was the MTC shop for a SIM card, no queue, NAD 7 for the SIM and 100 for 7GB data for 7 days including some calls and sms US$6. The currency here is the Namibian dollar which has the same value as the Rand. The official airport taxi cost NA$450 to the CBD, on my return journey I used the Yango app and it cost NA$260, the airport is 45 km from the city and takes 40 minutes.
Windhoek – a nice place, clean, organised, traffic follows the rules and there is not much traffic, population less than half a million. Walking around the CBD during the daytime is safe, there are very few beggars and touts and not many pavement sellers. I visited the National Art Gallery where all the paintings are for sale, they had some good historical photographs. The Independence Museum is quite impressive and chronicles the violent struggle that took place in their fight for Independence.
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As ever – fabulous pics. 👍😊
This seems to be a longer trip this time – brilliant! Love seeing your journey. Thank you for sharing 👍
H xx
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