Left Gqaina this morning with one of the teachers husbands and got to Gobabis. From there we got a taxi, just as crazy as last time (110mph with no seatbelts, crazy driving), to Windhoek for N$100. I am now at the cardboard box hostel with Jamie and Fran who we unexpextedly met. Walking the streets of Windhoek, and we bumped into Rob, our overseas rep.. It's a small world!
So we set off for a bank to change money. After waiting for an hour to get served, the cashier says he cannot change our money because he needs our flight details to prove we are leaving the country! All we want is 100US$ for Zimbabwe Visa we told him, we're hitching there! He didn't understand. Luckily the guy behind us in the queue had some US$ and he said he'd take us back to his house to get some if we waited for him. We decided to wait and go with him and see where he'd take us. His car was the latest Ford Ranger with ALL the latest gadgets, computer parking, massive speakers, huge exhausts, raised suspension, 10000" tyres etc. etc. pretty cool! He took us to his house, we exhanged our Namibian $ for US$ at a rate of 9.00 which was great and without commission! Feels odd having 4 different currencies in my wallet, Namibian $, Rand, US$ and pounds.
Anyway, we're getting a combi from Katatura tomorrow up to Rundu at 7am so I need to get some rest
Night
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