CHAPTER 15

128 CHAPTER 15

Oom Otto had a tour that was leaving very early the morning after he collected Anja from Windhoek airport and he had to meet up with his guests the night before they left, for a get-to-know-you dinner.

He was meeting them at Joe’s Beerhouse, the capital’s number one tourist bar, which was also popular with locals. Anja accepted Otto’s invitation to come for a drink, but not for dinner.

Otto dropped her at a guesthouse she had booked in Nelson Mandela Avenue and she forced herself to stay awake during the afternoon. As usual, Otto had loaned her his spare vehicle, a Land Rover Defender kitted out for camping with a roof tent and all the gear she would need for her stay in the desert, most importantly a fridge. One of Otto’s friends had dr……