USA

So Back in the USA first stop Boston, Take me 4 cues and one cue was a cue for a cue .... But I did it so far next and final destination is Minneapolis. Let's hope I donot brack any of the annoying escalators that tell's you when to move or not move or ....

Earthquake in Italy

This earthquakes we had so far. But here we had no aftermath so far, lets hope the best. ;) The nummbers represent the strength. Wikipedia

The Italien way of life

So here I am in Genova, doing go accept for there is no hot water in my flat, someone kick my motorbike so the front lamp is broken, I can not find my parking spot, the hitting system in my flat is lacking and I have no time to go to the see side.
But at least it toke me only 3 visits to become residence in Genova and there is still something’s that needs to be done ... Anyway the weather is great and having very good company. So what is the best about Italy ofcourse the great food and the fantastic views. On Monday I am leaving for a short stay in Germany so see you soon.

All the best K

Bielefeld -> Genova

Hello,
I am back in Genova now, was a long trip and the Deutsche Bahn had a large delay.




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Trip through South Africa

So here is the plan for South Africa. We did already half the tour and it is very very nice so far. See the pictures here @ Orkomedix page.

1. Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa: Arival point after leaving Namibia
2. Knorhoek Estate, Sir Lowry’s Pass Village, Somerset West, South Africa: The first Lodge: Food *****, Place *****, View *****, Description: This is a very nice place to start the South Africa tour, because you can see Cape Town, Somerset West bay area from the balcony and the relaxing pool. The B+B is in the mountains. We where pict up at the airport and arrived at the Lodge after sun down. So we had a wonderful night view over the bay. At the next morning we had some rain and fog but at the brackfast we had a wonderful view again.
3. Stanford, Western Cape, South Africa: second Lodge, Food ***, Place ***, Garden ***, Description: Stanford is a nice town North-East from Hermanus. It is a small town with a nicely mixed population. A river is passing the town and you could do a boat trip on this river.
4. Cape Agulhas, Western Cape, South Africa, day trip, View ****, Description: This is the south cape point of Africa. On the cost line near the cape point is a wreck.
5. Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa, day trip, View ****, Description: Hermanus is the most popular whale watching spot in South Africa. Because the sea givs the whales the oportunity to come very close to the land.
6. Greyton, Western Cape, South Africa, day trip, View ***, In a small village in the Overberg region of South Africa, this region is also famious for Genadendal village the first mission station in southern Africa.
7. Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, day trip, View *****
8. Stormsrivier, Eastern Cape, South Africa, third Lodge, Food, Place, View
9. Addo-Elefanten-Nationalpark, Ostkap, Südafrika
10. Montagu, Western Cape, South Africa,
11. Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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Leaving Namibia

After our nice trip around Namibia we are finally back in Windhoek sice 3 days and had the opportunity to see the city and some of the museums. Windhoek is not only the capital of Namibia, but also the biggest city here. But big is not as big at it might be in other states around the world. Namibia has over all around 2,2 million citizens. Now we are leaving for South Africa, to Cape Town and this city has around 3,4 milion citizens. This might be a little shock for us but we are looking forward to see the family down there...


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So far we had 11 days in Namibia

So here are the details: We started after a 10h flight in Windhoek around 8 am to drive to Otavi (429 km). We had around 34 °C without an AC, because it was broken... So we changed the car on the next morning in Otavi. We stayed in Otavi for 2 nights. There we met Romeo, a gentle cheetah. See the picts on flicker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/orkomedix/sets/72157628895665723/

After leaving Otavi we went straight to the Etosha National Park. We entered the park through the east gate next to Namutoni, where we stayed the next 3 nights. There we went to a lot of game drives by our owne car. There we found giraffs, zebras, lions, gnus, springboks, kudus, impalas, orix, elefants and even a black mamba.

From Namutoni, we went to the Okaukuejo Camp. On the way we saw rhinos, elefants and a cheetah. At Okaukuejo we stayed anothere night, but as this was a long trip with a non-4X4 car, we decided to take a guided night-drive to see animals. This was a very good decision, because we saw 3 spotted hyhenas, a caracal some jackals and rhinos.

Early at the next morning we started another long trip on a very bad gravel road to the new Dolomite Camp on top of the so called Dolomite Mountain. This is a very nice camp with the best pool we have seen so far in Namibia. It is placed on the edge of the mountens and it is a overfall pool. You feel like you are on top of the world with a never ending pool. This Camp is a tended one and has no fences, so the animals can come to the tend at night and day.
We stayed at the Dolomites Camp for two nights because ot is a great place for relaxing, but we also did one guided game drive. Due to the fact that there is no gas station at this Camp it was the only option to do a drive for us. But in this part of the Etosha the animals are not used to cars, so we havent seen so many of them as before.

We started early again on the 13th to leave the Etosha Park towards Palmwag and the Palmwag Lodge. We took the way through the Grootberg pass. This was again a very challenging drive with a non-4X4, but we made it! The landscape is very facinating there, but without a 4X4 I would not recomment it. We stayed at the lodge for 2 nights, would not recomment the lodge either.

On our way back to Windhoek, we yesterday drove 780 km to avoid gravel roads to Henties Bay near Swakopmund (would not do so again, because the Hotel we stayed was not so good). And today we arrived in Swakopmund in a nice place called "Alte Brücke". So lets see what the next two days will bring. The plan is to contiue the journay to Windhoek in 3 dayes via Omaruru where we will stay two more nigths and than back to Windhoek to leave Namibia on the 22nd.



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