How many of you got to go for a weekend trip to nearby Ai-Ais... during your youth... I only got to go there when I turned 28, as my folks thought it was more appropriate to spend your holidays in the Sportsmans and then Hire a bucket of video's from Ozzie Woods, put a matrass or two on the ground and watch movies....
::)
ANyhow, I hear the standards have dropped through the floor there and I do not encourage anyone to visit at the moment....
>:(
Ai Ais
My favorite place for short trips
Ai Ais remains closed until April, the place is refurbished and when finished it will open up.
I foresee the prices will go up loke they have done in all other NRW places
Here the new rates
http://www.natron.net/met2000d/rates-2008.html
Thats why i make no plans to come again ist unaffordable
Here a video from an old film ( 8 mm) i made in Ais and canyon
http://www.livevideo.com/video/F96F1529E5D8450CAE0EEB4A88D90877/canyon.aspx?lastvcid=266547
Georg
Georg, I somehow knew that when I started this topic you would have a video clip..... ;) :D ;D
we used to go every year for seven years in a row. damn that place was hot
Quote from: Michael Alexander on November 04, 2007, 05:21:43 PM
Georg, I somehow knew that when I started this topic you would have a video clip..... ;) :D ;D
You bet , yes !!!!
how many of you can say that you climbed that mountain and put your name in that book on the top BierSuip
Believe it or not, I climbed it but I don't remember the book. We had more fun building dams in the river to make sure the water was deep enough to swim a bit.
I remember we climbed up the mountain and yes I do remember the book. I wrote something in the book but I doubt it's still there. I remember the last time I was there I got sunburnt and couldn't go out into the sun for about two days, my mom wasn't to happy with me.
Quote from: georg ruf jr. on November 09, 2007, 02:00:11 PM
We had more fun building dams in the river to make sure the water was deep enough to swim a bit.
Here some Pics from Ai-Ais out of 8 mm film
Thanks oldman.
Nice pics. Long time ago. One of my strongest memories of these times. beautiful
@ Georg jun
No respect to Dad, calls me Old man, what the heck........... whou is old here ???? notfair
You would say "tough country".
That's just life. My kids see me as their old-man now. Making fun of my bold head...
hihihi
I see you Georg, I'm sure the movie is better. What fun - hey.
I worked in Windhoek just prior to the election and spend 6 months travelling about in my VW beetle, What a fantastic country.
I met hundreds of german tourists, very popular.
Last time i was in Ai-Ais in 1997
http://www.livevideo.com/video/681F30D311BE4F89ABB064665AB55913/trip-to-ai-ais-hot-springs-in-.aspx
Georg
Quote from: barb (Fry) on November 11, 2007, 06:58:41 PM
I see you Georg, I'm sure the movie is better. What fun - hey.
I worked in Windhoek just prior to the election and spend 6 months travelling about in my VW beetle, What a fantastic country.
I met hundreds of german tourists, very popular.
Hi Barb.
6 months! That's a hell of a long time. Sounds fantastic. My trips in Namibia were for a couple of long weekends and here and there for 2 weeks or so. The country is sobig and so rich in impressions it probably takes you a liftime to see and experience everything. If it doesn't take that long, it'll make you want to stay forever.
As I see, you have decided to live in col, wet and grey Europe. Weather is so :pianto1: at the moment. my car was frozen this morning. Had to scratch the ice of the windscreen to get started.
I could emagine, thast Southhampton climate is milder than ours in Central Europe???
I notice that a lot of the longtime expats, my dad including, all go back for a trip or two to Europe, but all say they would'nt like to live there anymore as things have changed a lot from their days.....
I saw on SKYnews last week.... That more than 440000 pommies emigrated form the UK last year....
mmmh! lifes great.... braai
The same happens in Germany. People are spreading all over the world.
But believe it or not. You do have several advantigase of living here. And you get comfortable with them if you're here long enough.
on the topic of the brits leaving the isles - it's related to the opening up of eastern europe, and being part of the EC
as many people that leave double the number are entering.
unfortunately all the yobs and chavs and unemployable hangers on remain.
1997 Ai Ais
One of my favorite places, my film will never be what i planned, i would need many weeks to complete it and it would be about 30 minutes or more.
Here some sequences ot of the film
http://www.livevideo.com/video/A7E96FE890CF4ED39DB551BA5699B5A3/fish-river-canyon-ii.aspx?m_tkc=8630239
Georg
Once a place to freely visit
Now fences, gates, offices, charges...........
Only the air you breathe is free nowadys, but that may also be charged soon madashell
I guess Rand 20 for Namibians and Rand 60 for o-seas visitors like in many places in Namibia yesno
Scanned slide
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z249/georgswa/canyon450pix.jpg)
Video Nr 3
Drive from Canyon Lodge to Lüderitz passed the wild horses
http://www.livevideo.com/video/EF7F2B0F5E594EB6946E1087E663098F/fish-river-canyon-iii-drive-to.aspx
To be honest, gets me jealous oldman.