Cape town to Namibia

So shortly after my last entry we hit the road and headed north. We are now in Windhoek which is the capital of Namibia (about in the center of the country). Windhoek is approximately 1700 kilometers from Cape Town. The road between these two places is straight and there is absolutely nothing. except for to gorgeous canyons there is nothing but open flat land. The road goes straight and flat. It is impossible to know where the land ends and the sky begins. Even out there in the middle of nowhere we saw a pack of ostriches running across the road and drove through a group of baboons.
It took us about two and half days to get to where we are now. Yesterday morning we were in Springbock which is in northern South Africa. When I woke up I had a minor sore throat. I did not think too much of it but nonetheless I took good care of it. After driving all day and finding all the places we wanted to go either closed or abandoned we went to a small town and found a place to set up our tent. At night I only slept about 15 minutes at a time. I could feel my throat getting worse be the minute. When I woke up I took my temperature, saw that I had a fever, and realized I needed to go to the hospital. Now one thing I was hoping to avoid while in Africa was an African hospital. I however had no choice. We looked at our map and saw there was a hospital about 10 minutes away. When we were pulling up to it I was relived because it was a rather large building. As we got closer however my feelings and perceptions changed. The security gates to the hospital were closed and it was apparent someone had tired to force them open. I could see the windows of the hospital broken and there were bullet holes in the guard tower. It was pretty easy to surmise the hospital was no longer functioning and I needed to find another one.
The closest hospital or medical treatment was a 5 hour drive to the north. For me that was no problem at all because I had the transportation, the time and the money to make the trip. If I was one of the people living here there would have been nothing I could have done.
We are going to plan out our next couple of weeks tomorrow as I rest up an give the antibiotics time to kick in (I have tonsillitis) and then we are off exploring again.