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New blogentry 'Babysitting a Young Meerkat' was added to 'South Africa'

2009-12-26 00:00:00

We are now in Upington in South Africa on the edge of the Kalahari. Our assault on the Kalahari started in South-Eastern Namibia – so this is going to be a cross-borders-blog-entry! Or as they would ...

New images in 'South Africa'

2009-12-26 00:00:00

41 new images was added to 'South Africa'

New blogentry 'Coffee and Dates = Omani hospitality' was added to 'Oman'

2009-12-26 00:00:00

Arriving at Salim’s mothers house near Sinaw, we were met by Salim and a small part of his giant family; the number of brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins and children of all these were many. A...

New blogentry 'Funny Observations About Oman' was added to 'Oman'

2009-12-26 00:00:00

Oman has got to be one of the few countries in the world where Pepsi is king – not Coca Cola. Other favorites are Mountain Dew and Fanta Strawberry!?
The Bedouins are infamous for thei...

New blogentry 'A Warm Welcome to Oman' was added to 'Oman'

2009-12-26 00:00:00

Muscat is at once very modern with excellent infrastructure, big shiny cars, and a few MacDonald’s here and there, but then there are the moments when you get a whiff of frankincense while walking th...

New images in 'Oman'

2009-12-22 00:00:00

82 new images was added to 'Oman'

New travel 'Oman'

2009-12-22 00:00:00

Oman was an incredible contry of barren deserts, lush river valleys and islamic culture

New blogentry 'A Big Dress and a Little Luxury' was added to 'Namibia'

2009-12-11 00:00:00

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 anoth...

New blogentry 'Meeting the People of the Past' was added to 'Namibia'

2009-12-11 00:00:00

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 governm...

New blogentry 'Feeling the Spirit of Africa' was added to 'Namibia'

2009-12-11 00:00:00

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 fasci...