Windhoek - Otjiwarongo

Saturday 25 april: The group is gathered, the gear is loaded and off they went on their "bikes" this morning on the 250 km stretch between Windhoek to Otjiwarongo. Good hard road to ride over the savann. Beautiful! Bram sent a text upon arrival in Otjiwarongo after settling in at their campsite, fully enjoying good company and a barbecue! Sounds terrible, doesn't it?
Otjiwarongo is a small prosperous and green town with approx 12000 inhabitants, living mainly out of cattle breeding enterprising. The soil in this area is rich due to heavy rainfall and therefore suitable for farming business. The town offers a few attractions such as:

An old steam engine No. 41, built in 1912 by the Henschel company in Kassel, Germany. It used to run on the railway line from Swakopmund to Otavi;
A crocodile farm where you can study and photograph them at close range and learn about their breeding; and a..... beer garden! (wonder if they visited ???)

But after all, the motorbike drive is not about towns and beer, but to experience the nature and wildlife of this beautiful country. And outside Otjowarongo you find some of Namibia's most reputable private game farms and reserves, the Okonjati wildlife sanctuary at Mount Etjo. Here, you can watch elephants, rhinos, giraffes, lions and others animals. You will also find one of Namibia's national monuments: 160 million year old footprints from a three-toed dinosour, left in the red sandstone at a time it was soft clay. A short bike ride will take them to Etjo tomorrow, where they're on for a game ride!

At home, things were busy busy until the very last minute yesterday when the guests arrived in their houses. But me and the kids worked hard all day, oiling the last garden furniture, making up the beds in one of the houses, cleaned out and sorted everything in the garage, finished the cleaning of and around the pool, putting out the last tables and chairs etc. The place looks picco bello! The sun shined, the birds sang and three happy dutch families settled into their new homes for the coming week. The kids are all in the range of 10-14 years old, so it wasn't for long and they were all out having a badminton tournament, including Alex, Gab and Ben. Happy days are here to stay.... Stay tuned!