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=Bear in mind that some borders (as the one from [[Upington]], [[South Africa]] for example) is not crossable by foot as there is a 15 kilometer stretch of no mans land. If your driver doesn't want to be in the car for the customs (sine they're afraid that you might be smuggling something) your best bet is to clear the customs by yourself and then wait on the other side for your driver. Get a ride to the other border control and repeat the procedure. == Getting around ===
=== Health =and Safety ==
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When hitchhiking in Namibia the distances are huge and towns as well as villages are generally small and very far in between which means that getting a short lift is very rare and a "average" lift is going to be something like 300-400 kilometers.
The few westerners who hitchhike in Namibia tend to be '''volunteers''' getting only a very small alemony (or none at all) and hence they try to save money by hitchhiking. == Cities ==* [[Windhoek]]* [[Keetmanshoop]]* [[Luderitz]]{{IsIn|Southern Africa}} [[Category:Africa]][[Category:Namibia]] == Getting in ===
When coming from [[Botswana]] or [[South Africa]] border procedures are generally quick and painless. If you arrive from [[Zambia]] or [[Angola]] they might check you more cautiously though.
Generally a lot of the traffic at the border is heading to [[Windhoek]] or past [[Windhoek]] en-route to the un-official German colony of [[Swakupmund]] so you are likely to get a long and direct lift from the border.
Basically the road-network works like this;
On some gravel roads there is quite a steady amount of traffic and people always seem to stop on those roads while some asphalt roads (such as the ''B4'') has very little traffic so just because it's asphalt does not mean that its easy. However Namibian roads have the advantage of having '''very few intersections''' which makes hitchhiking signs abundant unless you want go a short distance (anything shorter than 100 kilometers) as people who are going short distances generally dont stop for hitchhikers unless they think you'll be going short distance as well.
* Distances are big
* It's sunny and warm 300 days per year
'''2''' Beware of the sun.
Hitchhiking in [[Namibia]] is fairly safe in comparison to the neighbouring countries and people tend to be very friendly and helpful. Bear in mind that there are quite a lot of trafic accidents though. == Cities Sleeping ==* Generally you can camp pretty much anywhere without encountering problems because '''there are almost no people'''. Your biggest obstacle is probably going to be the fence which is always on both sides of the road. Even on small gravel road. You can either climb the fence and camp on the other side. Which is recommended on the main roads as there can be some traffic however on gravel roads it's simpler just to camp by the side of the road as there are generally no or very few cars there after darkness. You're likely to have some encounters with animals though. [[WindhoekTheo]]found himself being surrounded by a gang of 10 or so baboons in the middle of nowhere. * [[Keetmanshoop]]If you don't feel secure with wilderness camping going to pretty much any lodge and asking if you an camp for the night works pretty well. Some will let you camp for free (normally if hey are unaccustomed to people coming to camp there) while others will charge 50 to 100 namibian dollars a night.* [[Luderitz]]{{IsIn|Southern Africa}}== Numberplates ==
