greetings folkals to the next installment of the city of the month...this month we travel below the equator (kinky)...and the city of the month of april is...

UPINGTON, NORTHERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

yes indeed upington which is located on the banks of the orange (oranje) river and the southern edge of the kalahari desert is a mere stones throw from namibia...the best informative website i could find on upington is...
click here
which gives a history and geography lesson...other than that there isn't much, in fact pictures are hard to come by but yahoo has some at...
yahoo pictures
and here is another set of pics with description at...
right here
as far as nightlife i am afraid there is not much to say...you can check out the let's go site for the only descriptions of food/nightlife choices at...
lets go
and 'waxbag' gives a brief description of the town with an actual picure of the desolate hostel in upington...(scroll down and click hotel and accomodations on his site)
waxbag
here is a south african new site as well...
news
so thats all for upington...it appears this city is only good for stocking up on supplies before heading out into the desert to find god (ahh karras)...comments are welcome and i will see you in may..."i dreamed last night of destruction, lord i dont know why i fear it, its a cold april day and i'm rotting away, rain so cold i can't feel it"...
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