Day Folds Into Night In The Bush.
One Last Night In Sossulvlei. Bliss in the bush.
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The Dune Sea.
Ever since seeing photographs of these dunes in picture books I’ve dreamed of coming to Namibia to see how such marvels of nature could exists — and if they really looked like those pictures we’ve all seen…. That afternoon the tour director at Sossulvei Lodge offered me to fly with a Swiss traveler who was going on the 45 minute flight regardless if any others joined.
Exotic Game in Sossusvlei
Perhaps the trademark or signature image of Namibia comes from the glorious orange colored dunes of of the Namib Desert — perhaps most famously are those of Sossusvlei. Tucked into the central Namib surrounded by vast arid plains dotted with acacia and quiver trees and various desert shrubs such as sage or some sort of […]
Change. Of Course.
Maybe it was each of the continuous 20km without even ten meters of relief of perhaps the worse corrugated, rocky and gravely road I’d been on during my trip. Bone jarring, teeth rattling and bike beating nasty washboard with spots of deep gravel. Or peradventure, was it the 130km of dirt riding requiring heavy concentration […]
The Sandy Wet Ride to Namibia
Things always take longer than you’d like. Especially when it comes to motorcycle dealers. As my bike sat for over a month in Rio this past summer, the humidity combined with the salt ocean air did a number on the bike. The nuts and bolts holding the end cap of my Adventure Pipe had oxidized […]
The Twentieth.
Namibia marks twenty countries that I’ve visited on this journey.
Attitudes. Latitudes: Getting Back To Cape Town
Making my way back to Cape Town I try my best not to tread over the same ground I’d before. Curious to see one of the oldest towns in South Africa I set my sites on Graff-Reinet. Cruising across the “Grand Karoo” with its scrubby rough terrain, proud buttes rising from the desert floor and […]
Celebrating And Getting Ready For Namibia.
Thanks to all of you who somehow have remembered that today is my birthday and sent me notes, cards and e-mails!!! And thanks so much to those of you who have put a few dollars in my gas can through my PayPal or Amazon Accounts. The support and help is appreciated and I will put […]
Leaving Lesotho
The Lesotho plate features an icon of the traditional straw woven hats the traditional Sotho people wear while working the fields or tending livestock. I’ve come to endear Lesotho. Maybe it’s because of the extremely friendly people, the smiles on the faces of children or the spectacular mountain scenery and primitive villages. It’s unfortunate I […]
Landing In The Kingdom In The Sky
By the time I stopped I had counted five or six waterfalls. Given the amount of rain I’d been through for the last two weeks, it was no wonder. But riding through this majestic valley of gently rolling fertile hills punctuated by harsh and ominous croppings of rock, the waterfalls tumbled down from cliffs more […]
