After an early breakfast with free cinnamon pancakes offered here at the backpacker we started our walk through Windhoek. We went to the tourist office and got a map of the city. We then followed a walk explained in the ‘Go Namibia’ magazine which we got in South Africa. It took us from the city gardens on Independence Avenue to the famous kudu statue created in Germany, to the national museums, to the German Christian church, to a famous castle in the city, to the popular craft market and we ended at the outside shopping mall on Post Street.
The city is very nice. It’s a combination of modern buildings and old German styled buildings. It sometimes feels as if you are in Germany. Lots of shops have German names and you can also hear people speaking German. I’m not going into more detail because a city is a city of course and this stopover in Windhoek was more to move away from all the nature for a few days before going back into nature for more than 10 days.
Tomorrow we will leave early to Etosha National Park. One of the best game viewing places in Southern Africa!
