One thing you quickly learn about Namibia, is that there is more to the country than meets the eye. Literally.
Our first plan was to go from Windhoek to this stud farm, north of Windhoek. We managed to get a lift with a couple of German bikers. They had an amazing story, having driven all the way through Europe, down through Africa on their motorbikes. They were driving in a car for the next few days, as their bikes had to have their oil changed and Etosha national park doesn't allow people to drive around on bikes (probably as it makes you an easier target for the lions). So they gave us a lift up to the town of Otchikondo.
From there we had to get a taxi to take us to the farm, for the final half hour journey or so. It took quite a while for us to convince the drivers to take us there - since we had to negotiate the price back and forth. Suzy got rather irritated with them, screaming 'Jesus Christ, if you exist, get us a taxi' and declaring that she would give someone one thousand Namibian dollars to take us - we quickly pointed out that she was joking and we wouldn't actually give them that amount of money.
But finally we managed to get there. And as I said, there's a lot more to Namibia than catches the eye. If you were travelling just up the main road, you would have absolutely no idea that, just a few kilometres away there was an incredible farm. The place we stayed was apparently the largest stud farm in Namibia, with nearly one hundred wild horses on their farm.
It was an incredible place, big open rooms, a lovely dining room, a swimming pool and this big treehouse like structure which was an incredible place to sit and read, or to look at the view. We stayed their for a couple of days, relaxing and enjoying the peace and quiet. The family took us out for a farm drive. We crammed in the back of their open back truck, and went and saw their wild horses. They were absolutely beautiful, and it was amazing being able to take photos of them so close up.
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