Entering Namibia turned out to be fairly quick. After first having to fill in an arrival form during which long queues started developing rather quickly, another counter opens. Annette and I have a lucky strike and find ourselves standing right at the front. Unfortunately this doesn’t help us much in the end, as we have to wait all the more for our luggage to arrive.

At the exit to the arrival hall we meet up with our “Tui” (Berge & Meer) tour-guide and are informed that we will be brought to our bus in 20 minutes. He also takes us to a bureau de change where we can exchange our money, as according to our guide this would be “the last possibility for the next five days.” What he did not tell us was that the 20 minutes would by no means be enough for us, as the lady at the counter insists on asking for everyone’s personal details and making photocopies of our passports.

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