Arabia to Africa

With little fuss our wait was brief to board the second flight and at 2am we took off to fly the horn of Africa down to Namibia, after a brief step outside to experience the midnight oven. Our plan was to sleep on this leg and that was also the official policy with the lights dimmed and interruptions from the air stewards kept to a minimum. 

This time we didn't have a spare seat but were joined on the isle seat by a Namibian student returning from his studies in Russia. A trip he takes each term. He told us he was from a tribe in north west Namibia (most people in this sparsely populated country live along the fertile northern edge). He tells us how some people there still live a hunting and gathering lifestyle but others like his family now only live in cities. 

Our time passes slowly and sleep is frequently broken by leg cramp after nine hours I was very ready to leave.