Windhoek is fairly small and has a population of just over 300,000 people and we felt that we should at least have a couple of nights here before flying back to the UK. Our guest house was located in the northern area of the city called Eros, about 2.5km from the central area. As seems to be the norm for Windhoek some high fences, electric gates and other security measures were in place. The Monte Bello Guest House was really nice and given all advice is not to walk anywhere in the evening and only use taxis to get around then this distance was not an issue - in fact both restaurants we ate at were in this area so only a short ride away. During the daytime it is fine to walk in the city, but you just have to be wary! Once we had dropped our bags off we drove into the downtown area and our first visit was the railway station in order to visit the Trans-Namib Railway Museum. The museum was supposed to tell the story of over 100 years of railway history in the country, which it did to an extent, and it filled half an hour or so. We then headed into the centre, parking at the Avani Hotel on Independence Avenue. Given the small size of the city we just had a short wander around to get our bearings and get a feel for the place (and have a coffee) leaving the whole of our second day to explore more. The central area was busy with local people, a fair few tourists were clearly visible and the area felt safe. The guest house owner suggested a local Portuguese restaurant for dinner called Kubata. It was a good choice and the portion sizes were massive, prices very reasonable and service was good. In hindsight we should have had our final evening in Namibia here too. Our final full day in Namibia started with an excellent breakfast selection at Monte Bello that set us up for the day ahead. First off we visited the three castles of Windhoek - although these are not your traditional castles, but more large houses with castle like features. Heinitzburg castle is now a hotel and Sanderburg castle is the Italian ambassadors residence. The third castle, Schwerinburg, was not visible from the road which was a shame. We also had the opportunity to visit the Christuskirche (or Christ's Church and see the Parliament building in the ornate gardens (sadly no access allowed). Prior to popping back to the guest house to watch the Formula 1 qualifying we had a walk around the central shopping area of Post Street Mall. This was really a number of large shopping centres linked together although there was also a number of street vendors selling various African carvings and associated artifacts (or tourist tat) and mobile phone covers. In the afternoon we visited the National Independence Memorial Museum which is housed in a rather impressive golden building with a huge statue of Sam Nujoma, the first president of independent Namibia, outside. The interior exhibits were very communist in style and failed to really tell the story in a coherent manner of the struggle for independence which arrived in 1990. The restaurant and coffee shop/bar on the fourth floor did however provide good views over the city. Our final evening in Namibia saw us visit Joe's Beer Hall, a local institution that everyone must visit at least once when in Windhoek (or that is what the hype says), which was also number two on the TripAdvisor ratings so we expected great things. We were very disappointed! We certainly had had better food during our trip to Namibia and even though the casual atmosphere and different seating areas looked impressive, we soon realised that the wafting of open fire smoke meant we were going to stink of this by the end of the meal. Sadly, our final evening will be remembered more for smelling like you had been at a scout camp rather than having an enjoyable meal - what a shame. Overall Namibia has been a great experience and as a first proper trip to Africa it really has delivered us some great memories as we have driven around 3,500km across this vast country. It really has been an eye-opener! Heather already has worked out another holiday that is a circular driving trip from Windhoek travelling through Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia to visit Victoria Falls and then cross back into Namibia via the Caprivi Strip to Etosha and then ending up back at Windhoek. We just need to find a slot in the diary for that trip and decide whether clockwise or anti-clockwise is the best way to do this! That just leaves the long slog of an overnight journey back to the UK for us. Our trip will be the reverse of the outbound trip seeing us travel with Air Namibia to Johannesburg and then onwards to Birmingham, via Dubai, with Emirates arriving back into the UK around lunchtime on Monday.