Shipping the car to Namibia
Shipping to Namibia Because we regularly get questions about shipping our Milady to Africa, I have listed the relevant information. We have shipped the car roro via Antwerp with NMT shipping and Sharaf Namibia for clearance in Namibia.The cost of our car is as follows: NMT Shipping exchange rate, €1= Home-Antwerp by truck € 150,00 […]
Namibia in 2 Minutes
Part 1 of 18 of the adventures of Milady Landy in Africa. An impression of our travels in Namibia in about two minutes. More on our adventures in Namibia on these pages.
Africa 2016-17, the Route we Travelled
This is the actual route we drove during our 2016-2017 Africa trip.
The Baobab
Across Africa, we encounter my favorite tree, the baobab. In the first months of our trip the baobab was mainly a dry tree “with the roots up”. Once we saw a flowering baobab in Namibia, which I wrote about then. In Tanzania, in late November, early December, we see the baobabs are greener and are […]
Mysteries of an Old Lady (part 2)
Once I removed the leaf springs Milady showed very clearly why she leaned left.One of the blades of the spring was broken at the suspension. Fortunately, I had new springs ordered through Jaco on Thursday and Jaco himself delivered them on Monday at the appointed time, late afternoon, to the campsite. I went straight to work […]
Mysteries of an Old Lady
If you drive an old lady like Milady Landy (a 1980 Series Land Rover), there are sometimes mysteries you must solve … Fuel supply As already written in Misery with Milady there was something wrong with the fuel supply, the front tank did not engage well. Especially on the way to and in Etosha this problem […]
Blooming Baobab
Wherever we travel in Africa we see Baobab trees, big trees “with the roots up.”During our adventure in Namibia we see them mostly in the north, more arid Damaraland and Kaokoland. I’m always a little impressed when I see these primeval trees, they must have stood there for ages and they seem to survive all […]
A special visit to the Himba
What I experienced on Saturday, August 13, I will never forget. In the morning I had a conversation with Wenten, the manager of the campground where we stayed. When I asked if it was possible to get acquainted with the Himba, he told me that he himself was a Himba and could accompany us to […]
From Swakopmund to Ugab Rhino Camp
Wednesday, August 10 We drive from Swakopmund to Ugab Rhino Camp. The first part of the road to Cape Cross is well motorable gravel road. After a few hours’ drive we arrive at Cape Cross. This is an incredibly large seal colony. There the seals we saw in Walvis Bay, disappear into nothingness. Hundreds of barking, smelly […]
The dentist in Walvisbay
Unexpectedly I got to know the dentist in Walvis Bay.On Tuesday afternoon 2-8 I bit my crown when eating a sandwich. I had this tooth checked in advance in the Netherlands at the dentist because I sometimes experienced slight pain in that tooth. Unfortunately, my Etten-Leur dentist did not notice anything then. On Wednesday we […]