Recently Piet's team had several staff changes and some of the projects and responsibilities have been re-assigned. One of the consequences is that he got more responsibility for a project offshore Namibia, adjacent to the concession in South Africa he has been managing the last few years. As a result he was invited along to a trip to Namibia, to meet some of the stakeholders and give a number of presentations, very similar to earlier trips to Cape Town.
Meetings were held in Windhoek (the capital of Namibia) and in Swakopmund, a town on the Atlantic Ocean. Namibia is a vast country, with only 2 million inhabitants, and mostly consists of empty space. The team had the opportunity to see some of that, as the flight from Windhoek to the coast got cancelled, and was replaced by a 350 km drive.
The highlight of the trip was opening the curtains in Swakopmund and seeing a large flock of flamingos in front of the hotel, seemingly quite at ease. Also dinner at Joe's Beerhouse in Windhoek was memorable, especially with 4 layers of clothes and jackets on. It was close to freezing in the evening!
View over Windhoek
Flamingo's in Swakopmund
Swakopmund jetty at sunset
Swakopmund
