Blogs from Namibia, Africa - page 118

Well, OK, this is just an excuse to send you photos of other stuff, including birds and, if not bees, then at least some curious insects, and some flowers and other things that I thought might be of interest. So, you can heave a great sigh of relief: there will be little text in this blog, and lots of piccies to look at. No excuse not to get back to work quickly after scanning this entry! Sorry, did I mention the "w" word???! Anyway, by the time you get this, I'll be off on my travels again. Fully recuperated from the effects of a lot of VERY early mornings, lack of sleep and the full-on schedule of the Namibian Experience having had a week of veg-ing in the chill of Cape Town (yes, I am managing ... read more

Who could fail to be intrigued by the romance and mystery in place-names such as Kaokoveld, Damaraland, Sossusvlei and Swakopmund, Windhoek, Otjiwarongo, Etosha and Marienfluss? By a country that boasts its own ghost town, and whose ports are all wedged uncomfortably between the desert and the South Atlantic? A country much of whose coastline is known as the Skeleton Coast after the multiple shipwrecks it has seen, and where diamonds could once be collected as easily as shells on a beach? Namibia has been high on my travel-target list ever since I saw photographs of some of its highlights when Colin and I were invited to go on an overland trip there out of Johannesburg. As it happened, we’d had to decline because the time commitment was just too great for two stressed City lawyers to ... read more

Hi everyone! I don't have very much time left here at the cafe... I have loads to say too but it will have to wait! Am here in Swakopmund Namibia (Jolie & Pitt stayed 15km from here for the curious)... We have been here the past 3 nights - staying in luxury - dorms in a hostel instead of the chilly outdoors! We leave for a cheetah park tomorrow. Most of us went dune boarding today. I was the one most covered in sand - Klay tries to tell me it had something to do with the 3 oz of sunscreen I put on before the adventure. hahaha It was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! I might be your next pro sand boarder if we can install some dunes up north and rig up a damn lift up the hill!!! ... read more

Hey Nach einer super Nacht mit einfach traumhaften Matrazen (dicher als 5 cm!!!) haben wir ein fantastisches Fruehstueck genossen. Darum bin ich wahrscheinlich auch die Treppe (welche wirklich seeeehr glitschig war) hinuntergefallen und habe seit dem wunderschoene blaue Flecken am hintern..... Tja ueber 600 km mussten wir an diesem Tag fahren. Zwischen durch ueberquerten wir auch die namibische / botswanische Grenze was jedesmal ein groesseres Prozedere ist mit stempel etc. auch bekommt man in Botswana sofort Kondome wie auch Female Condoms in die Haende gedrueckt (....seeehr hohe AIDS rate....)dies sogar mit einer seeeeeehr detailierten Beschreibung.... Irgendwann kamen wir jedoch beim Camp an und dort hatten wir die Wahl, ob wir in einer runden Huette schlafen wollten oder im Zelt.. Wegen den vielen Spinnen und Kaefer entschieden wir uns fuer die Zelte. Zum Abendessen gab es Co ... read more

Here we where on a farm near Aranos. Thats a short drive(I mean short drive Namibias terms) south east of Windhoek close to the Botswana border. No this was a fun trip.We stayed with Loods family again on their farm called Erfenis.It was wonderfull.We helped with the sheep farming, that intails jumping off moving vehicles and running after sheep in long grass, now I understand why my Kiwi buddys like their sheep;-)(just jokes) We had a ball doing the sheep catching thing. We also went horse riding, well it was more like horse falling.I fell off twice once was my fault the second time the saddle I was using broke under me and i came tumbling to the ground.I had a fun but painfull time. ... read more