Over-night trip to Namibia

After spending 4 weeks in Mwandi my roomy & I thought a trip across the border would be a nice break... was it ever! Sesheke is the next `main’ township about 60km west of Mwandi. We caught a shared taxi to get there which costs about $3AU – shared taxi meaning it’s a small sedan with six adults, one baby, a tub of fish in the boot and various other supplies... no dramas that the car bottoms out on pot-holes, it’s all part of the journey! Every taxi I have caught here is running on empty too... maybe these cars are built to run off petrol fumes?!
From Sesheke you can walk to the border so we walked over the bridge then through Zambia and Namibia customs... Wow, what a difference. I accepted the sight of poverty in Zambia as just being Africa until now – It seems hardly fair that on one side they have nice cars, civilised shops and services then immediately on the other its cows towing carts, barefoot children and accommodations offering cold and warm water (What the?!). So we could see right away that we were in for a treat – and the lodge on the banks of the Zambezi where we stayed was precisely this! We treated ourselves to a river cruise which got us even closer to the hippos we had been watching for the afternoon, did our shopping the next day in Katima then headed home. We really wanted to get on a truck or the back of a Ute for the ride back but there weren’t any going to Mwandi! Never mind, we shared another taxi with a couple of Mwandi elderly men who spoke good English... apparently I speak English very well for someone from Australia – must be all those English classes I took before coming!!
A couple of photos for you – A hippo on the river cruise and the bridge walk to the boarder crossing.
Back in Mwandi until just Sunday now and far out has this time flown! The police have been quite busy and one of them has been posted else-where... so just two men for all of Mwandi now. We have arranged for OVC visit this Friday to make up for last week so hopefully they will not be busy this time! It will be a great way to finish up at the project so all going well, I will have more photos from the project and the Police visit on Saturday.