I hitchhiked for the very last time from Windhoek to Outjo last Thursday. What is typically a quick pickup out of the capitol took me a record 2 hours! The ordeal ended when a semi-truck stopped along the highway to cover the beds with tarps. I noticed the license plates were from Outjo and so I begged the driver to let me ride with him. Not something I usually do, as I feel it is better to get a ride with someone who voluntarily pulls over…but I was desperate.

Since I had no intention of standing in the no shade hike point in Windhoek for very long, I didn’t apply sunscreen and it was packed far down in my bag. Translation…I got burnt, yo.

So as a final time hiking in the span of two years you’d think it would be successful, but I guess that is the surprise and unpredictability of Namibia and life in the Peace Corps.