Hallo to all, Spyker and myself arrived home at 0
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Sarah de Jager
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I know all the guys are busy with their reports.
Let me tell you how our trip started, that is Spyker, myself, Michele, Lewellen ( cook) and Maureen ( cook's girlfriend and assistant)
All our papers were handed in at the Angolan embassy in Windhoek to be processed long before required.
Every time you phone them to find out if all is OK, they answer that they dont handle this over the phone and that you must come there personally to enquire. Now being 210km from there you cannot just pop in quickly to see.
So we get an agent to handle this---- He goes there and gets assured all is ok and we can collect them on the Thursday before we leave the Sunday.
Thursday---- he confirms all is ok and we can collect on Friday.
Friday--- I drive to Windhoek to collect the passports.
On arrival I get informed that the passports ( Spyker, myself, Michele, Lewellen) are ready for collection.
BUT, before we can collect them we have to pay 1000 US$ each. Long story short I told this guy ( from the Embassy- not the agent) to phone a friend, or something like that.
So all of a sudden our papers are not OK, and we need this and that. We then get hold of the Congolese Ambassador and the Algerian Ambassador to phone the Angolan Ambassador to help sort our documents.
Now Friday is already Monday.
The answer-- SORRY ITS THE SYSTEM NOT THE PEOPLE THAT REQUIRES THE PAPERS.
The more we tell them but the papers are all there, the more he systems and systems.
Call a friend, who calls a friend, who calls a friend---says go to Oshakati, they will help you there.
So we go----there nothing wrong with our papers ( exactly the same papers as in Windhoek).
Now its Tuesday afternoon and its going to take 48 hours to process papers.
Phone a friend, phone a friend, get the president of Angola's son to phone this Ambassador.
JACKPOT!!!! they will process it immediately, and they start. Papers get done no problem,
BUT, SORRY--we have run out of the visa stickers they stick in the passports and they will only be here tomorrow--that's Thursday.
So Thursday comes and at 14hoo they tell us it will cost R 16000-00 for the 4 passports. It is now emergency passports.
15h15 we get out of the embassy and race for the border. We made it and the rest is in the report.
PS-- It was damn close or we didn't make it.
Let me tell you how our trip started, that is Spyker, myself, Michele, Lewellen ( cook) and Maureen ( cook's girlfriend and assistant)
All our papers were handed in at the Angolan embassy in Windhoek to be processed long before required.
Every time you phone them to find out if all is OK, they answer that they dont handle this over the phone and that you must come there personally to enquire. Now being 210km from there you cannot just pop in quickly to see.
So we get an agent to handle this---- He goes there and gets assured all is ok and we can collect them on the Thursday before we leave the Sunday.
Thursday---- he confirms all is ok and we can collect on Friday.
Friday--- I drive to Windhoek to collect the passports.
On arrival I get informed that the passports ( Spyker, myself, Michele, Lewellen) are ready for collection.
BUT, before we can collect them we have to pay 1000 US$ each. Long story short I told this guy ( from the Embassy- not the agent) to phone a friend, or something like that.
So all of a sudden our papers are not OK, and we need this and that. We then get hold of the Congolese Ambassador and the Algerian Ambassador to phone the Angolan Ambassador to help sort our documents.
Now Friday is already Monday.
The answer-- SORRY ITS THE SYSTEM NOT THE PEOPLE THAT REQUIRES THE PAPERS.
The more we tell them but the papers are all there, the more he systems and systems.
Call a friend, who calls a friend, who calls a friend---says go to Oshakati, they will help you there.
So we go----there nothing wrong with our papers ( exactly the same papers as in Windhoek).
Now its Tuesday afternoon and its going to take 48 hours to process papers.
Phone a friend, phone a friend, get the president of Angola's son to phone this Ambassador.
JACKPOT!!!! they will process it immediately, and they start. Papers get done no problem,
BUT, SORRY--we have run out of the visa stickers they stick in the passports and they will only be here tomorrow--that's Thursday.
So Thursday comes and at 14hoo they tell us it will cost R 16000-00 for the 4 passports. It is now emergency passports.
15h15 we get out of the embassy and race for the border. We made it and the rest is in the report.
PS-- It was damn close or we didn't make it.
Ahhhhh Simen, these are the hurdles that symbolise Africa.... USD has been the best "adoption" on our continent
Good on you guys for handling it "diplomatically" ....
I would have gone ummm, well umm...... well yes.....
Great to see you guys are doing good stuff....BEST rgds to "M"!!!!! - RB and Linda
Good on you guys for handling it "diplomatically" ....
I would have gone ummm, well umm...... well yes.....
Great to see you guys are doing good stuff....BEST rgds to "M"!!!!! - RB and Linda
Liewe magties ! Ek dink julle ry met die verkeerde voertuie. In die ou dae het ons verniet ingegaan as jy met die bedford of caspir gery het.
Oom Simen, ek het gewonder hoe lank jy nog in daai bad gaan week. Dis tan daai, dit sal nie af was nie. Ek wonder steeds waarvan julle so vuil geword het. Ons het jou gemis. Daar was niemand om ons geswets soos aspirant matrose te sensor nie.
Dalk sal dit help as julle 'n skrywe aan die angolese ministerie rig. Uitbuitery het niemand nog ooit in 'n goeie lig gestel nie. Soos Royboy dink ek ook nie ek sou dit so gedwee aanvaar het nie.
Oom Simen, ek het gewonder hoe lank jy nog in daai bad gaan week. Dis tan daai, dit sal nie af was nie. Ek wonder steeds waarvan julle so vuil geword het. Ons het jou gemis. Daar was niemand om ons geswets soos aspirant matrose te sensor nie.
Dalk sal dit help as julle 'n skrywe aan die angolese ministerie rig. Uitbuitery het niemand nog ooit in 'n goeie lig gestel nie. Soos Royboy dink ek ook nie ek sou dit so gedwee aanvaar het nie.