by Henry
Wednesday, April 17
After breakfast in our suite, we walked to downtown Windhoek to explore.
Windhoek has a clear penchant for wanting to separate the “haves” from the “have-nots”, as evidenced by this razor wire fence. All private properties are heavily barricaded.
Namibia’s National Parliament building. It is a young country, having only gained independence in 1990.
Christuskirche, a Lutheran Church.
Namibia’s Independence Museum, funded and built by the North Koreans; it’s not hard to see their influence in the statue and bland architecture.
View from the observation deck near the top of the Independence Museum. Windhoek’s architecture has more of an European flavor than what we have encountered to date.
Red building is Main Post Office for Windhoek.
Meteorite fragments that landed 600 million years ago in Namibia. I appreciated the rare opportunity to touch something from outer space.
We decided to visit Joe’s Beerhouse for lunch, a popular local hangout and tourist trap.
Bar at Joe’s. There was an extensive complex of rooms with seating for many diners, including a large biergarten. A lot of thought went into designing the decor.
Their specialty is (farmed) game meats.
These were the three pieces of meat on my skewer. [PETA members, you may throw red paint on this picture.]
After lunch, we returned to our B&B to chill for a couple hours poolside.
At 4:30 PM, we walked across the street to UrbanCamp to participate in a trivia contest hosted by Andy and Bird (Anna) for her birthday. The trivia questions related to our tour route, our bicycles, our belongings, and us in general.
We returned to polish off leftovers for dinner in our suite.
Tomorrow we begin the “Dunes & Atlantic“ section of our Tour. We resume our ride through Namibia, which will involve 9 days riding on mostly unpaved gravel roads. There will be a rest day between day #3 and #4 to allow for a visit to the Namib Desert sand dunes.
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