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Merry Christmas!
/2 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanWhile Christmas Eve in the United States typically is a mad rush until 6pm or later for last minute shoppers to find gifts for loved ones and families, holiday party planners making mad runs to the supermarket for food, booze and assorted goodies and everyone else jockeing through traffic to get home to be with […]
Where Am I?
/1 Comment/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanIf someone blindfolded you and dropped you into downtown Swakopmund Namibia you’d be hard-pressed to identify the place as Africa. Walking along the promenade with the pounding surf of the Atlantic, Swakopmund in the shadow of its signature lighthouse, the very well preserved colonial architecture offers clues and picturesque evidence of the regions history. Wait! […]
Crossing The Mighty Namib Naukluft Desert
/4 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanI had to pull myself away from my camera to get on with making the journey across this desert and to the seaside town of Swakopmund It was inevitable. My visit in Sossulvlei took longer than I planned. And with 300km of questionable quality dirt roads to Swakopmund, I probably pushed a bit too much. […]
Sossulvlei. Sunrise Perspective From The Ground.
/1 Comment/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanI spent most of the morning at the dunes. There’s a 60km tar road that leads into the park from the entrance gate. Paying N$80 for me and N$10 for Doc I sped down the nicest new tar I’d seen in awhile. Then there’s deep sand 5km from Sossuvlie. 4×4 Shuttles take you in for […]
Day Folds Into Night In The Bush.
/0 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanOne Last Night In Sossulvlei. Bliss in the bush.
The Dune Sea.
/5 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanEver 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
/5 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanPerhaps 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 […]