Andre Hartslief
Solitaire is a small settlement in the Khomas Region of central Namibia near the Namib-Naukluft National Park. The town is situated at the junction of roads C14 (connecting Walvis Bay and Bethanie), and C24 (connecting Rehoboth and Sossusvlei), both of which are major tourist routes through the Namib-Naukluft National Park. With no other village for miles around, and the only place to get fuel between the dunes at Sossusvlei and the coast at Walvis Bay – a distance of 340 km, Solitaire is a common stop-over for tourists. Aside from a gasoline station, there’s a puncture and mechanical repair facility with a limited stock of tires, a post office, a bakery, and a general dealer. There is also a camp and a motel nearby.
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Namibia’s rugby team was awful in the Rugby World Cup. It’s a nice country though
It sure is a great country.
I never heard about Solitaire before but it would be interesting to see, I would probably be sitting in a motel there having cakes and cookies from the bakery.
Probably more like drinking ice-cold lemonade. It’s 100 degrees F in the shade.
That is a very fitting name for the town!
It sure is Karen, I spent three years there in the ’90s protecting our country’s border from communist terrorists.
I bet you have a lot of interesting stories to tell about that time period of your life.
In the 1,400 posts, I have written here at Virily I have mentioned a few memorable tales. Thank you for taking an interest in my writing. 🙂
You are very welcome! Love this one and I need to share it in the Share-a-thon Challenge!
that is cool – the last stop before, well the vast wilderness.
A significant landmark is Walvisbay Namibia’s harbor. Several years ago, Walvisbay, was still part of SouthAfrica, (before Namibia’s independence), my late dad was promoted to head up the regional, Human-resources office based in Walvisbay. It was a huge promotion for him. He had barely started organizing things when one night, a major blood vessel ruptured in his stomach, something like an embolism, and he died while I was making my way there, from 2000 miles away. He so wanted to speak to me, being the eldest child, my mom said. He was only 53. His grave is there.
wow that is such a sad and touching story.
Thanks, Doc. Here is a tourist’s video of the town: https://youtu.be/snMtXYE1T40
kind of interesting watching an intersection with cars. It looks like any city in the world!
thanks!