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Welcome to Namibia! »
	Fish River Canyon, Namibia, 2009-10-26 12:00 This is day one in Namibia, and I’m smitten! The landscapes we have driven through – wow! It is all open, dry and slightly barren to look at, but above all beautiful. We are now in Fish River Canyon, we left South Africa this morning, we drove from ... Read More

Deserted deserts »
	Soussesvlei, Namibia, 2009-10-27 12:00 Namibia is spectacular scenery, long distances, dry desert land, amazing sunsets, African landscapes just as we Europeans imagine them and probably much more that we are yet to discover. Soussusvlei is a surreal un-earthly place of towering orange... Read More

Namibia unplugged - off the tarmac »
	Skeleton Coast and Damaraland, Namibia, 2009-10-29 12:00 Our venture into Damaraland started when we left cold and clammy Swakopmund and drove up the salt road on the skeleton coast. We stopped at the Cape Cross Seal Colony, here thousands of seals were basking in the sun and swimming around offshore. It ... Read More

Art Galleries - Namibian style »
	Twyvelfontein, Namibia, 2009-10-30 12:00 Twyfelfontein is a magical area of huge boulders interspersed by impressive rock engraving galleries and the main area with engravings is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At the nicely laid out visitors center that perfectly blends into the surroun... Read More

The Safari Crowd and Us »
	Palmwag and Sesfontein, Damaraland, Namibia, 2009-10-31 12:00 At Palmwag we got to live it up and pretend to be a part of the wealthy safari crowd. Palmwag Lodge is an up-market place with cute little cottages with thatched roofs and safari tents, bar and restaurant and 2 swimming pools – and all of it have vi... Read More

Crazy about Cheetahs »
	Kamanyab, Outjo, Namibia, 2009-11-03 12:00 A couple of hours from Etosha National Park the Nel Family has a huge farm and years back they caught some cheetahs who very poaching on their livestock. They wanted to release the cheetahs into Etosha National Park, but the government wouldn’t allo... Read More

Etosha: A Land of Dreams and Nightmares »
	Etosha National Park, Namibia, 2009-11-04 12:00 Etosha National Park is a wonderland, here the wildlife, often in huge flocks, walk around against a bleached white background interrupted by green trees and blue waterholes. It is highly scenic. In the middle of the park is Etosha pan a huge area w... Read More

Feeling the Spirit of Africa »
	Epukiro RC, Gobabis, Namibia, 2009-11-10 12:00 Namibia’s many natural beauties had made a big impression on us, from orange sand dunes to a majestic lion roaring and a dung beetle rolling by with a round dung ball, all of them so unique and fascinating; but what we experienced today truly touche... Read More

Meeting the People of the Past »
	Cooridor 13, Namibia, 2009-11-12 12:00 Saying an almost tearful goodbye to the Batswana people, we headed south east, almost into Botswana. Here in the midst of nothingness, thirteen “corridors” have been set aside by the Namibian government for people from the different tribes to settle... Read More

A Big Dress and a Little Luxury »
	Mariental, Namibia, 2009-11-16 12:00 Namibia had two more encounters in store for us. Close to Aminuis lies a big salt pan, somewhat similar to the famous Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, albeit somewhat smaller. By the edge of this pan another small community campsite have been established,... Read More

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