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Townships, Termite Mounds and Cheetah Poo – Windhoek, Namibia (windhoek townships, cheetahs poo)
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Windhoek, Namibia by TravelPod blogger Pricklyleaf. See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com Townships, Termite Mounds and Cheetah Poo “The plane landed into Namibia in the middle of nothing after a 10 hour flight. All that could be seen was flat, empty plains and the airport, which is quite a novelty because in the past when I’ve expected landing into a country to be like that, it was always a concrete jungle. I happened to meet Susie and Vicki from New Zealand in the security queue, who were staying at the same hostel as me and we shared the airport transfer through the barren landscape to the sudden jolt of Windhoek which appears from nowhere. Chameleon backpackers itself is fantastic, very warm, clean and relaxed with a pool, kitchen and all the other mod-cons that you wouldn’t always expect a hostel to provide. Not bad for under 6 pounds a night B&B. The pools somehow manages to stay too cold to actually swim in however, despite the outside temperature hitting the 30′s. The city has a very relaxed pace of life, once you get used to the crazy roads…just because there is a little green man, does not mean it is safe to cross! Drivers seem to like the sound of their horns and tourists walking along are accompanied by every passing taxi (which seems to be every other car) beeping at them for business. There is a shopping mall and great craft market, in which you could easily spend your whole budget in a day …
