by leandra | Jun 25, 2019 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
As requested in their pre-arrival email, we called the lodge from the winery to give them a heads up on our arrival time, and they said they were expecting us. From the gate it’s a about a 15 minute drive to the resort on a well-maintained dirt road. A lady was...
by leandra | Jun 24, 2019 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
On the way to our next lodging spot outside of Omaruru we stopped to taste a few wines at one of the few wineries in Namibia, Erongo Mountain Winery. The winery itself is located at the end of a dirt road (naturally) alongside the currently-dry Omaruru River. Upon...
by leandra | Jun 23, 2019 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
In the middle of our Namibia trip we flew down to Cape Town, South Africa, for a long weekend with Leandra’s aunt and uncle. Thursday Our flight from Walvis Bay was was quick and easy, arriving in Cape Town about 30 minutes early to an empty immigration counter....
by leandra | Jun 22, 2019 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
After our long drive through the mostly boring desert, we got into town around 2:30pm, parked the car in the secure parking area at the hotel and relaxed for a couple hours in our room (#2) at the Desert Sands Boutique B&B. Notably this was our first reliable wifi...
by leandra | Jun 21, 2019 | International Travel, Travel
Most of our first week was spent on dirt/gravel roads of varying quality. On our first full day we drove from Rehoboth to Sesriem. On the way the highlight was the Spreetshoogte Pass, which has enough grade that part of the dirt road was outfitted with pavers to...