Southern Africa Part III, Namibia w/a Little Zimbabwe and Angola

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August 25th 2015

Published: September 7th 2015

Southern Africa Part III Namibia (with short visits to Zimbabwe and Angola) July 30 - September 9, 2015 YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, THEN GO BACK TO THE BLOG OR GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS (105 TOTAL - CLICK ON THE NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM OR ARROWS IN TOP CORNERS) IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. I PUT LOTS OF INFORMATION IN THE PHOTO CAPTIONS SO YOU CAN SKIP THE NARRATIVE, JUST LOOK AT THE ENLARG... Read Full Entry

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Kathy & Bernie Dougherty

Kathy Bernie

February 2020. We are still in Tucson, Arizona, well, often anyway. We continue our wanderings and enjoying our adventures. We haven't lived outside the US in awhile, but have lived in: Guatemala, Ecuador, the Netherlands (twice), Germany (twice) and South Africa. We have now traveled to well over 100 countries, but that doesn't mean we plan on stopping any time soon. ... full info

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Rafting the Kunene River into Angola

Sherri & Kathy preparing for the float trip

Bernie & Kathy w/Spitzkoppe Behind

Spitzkoppe Rock Art

There were many depictions of humans at this rock painting site; at the rock engraving site in Twyfulfontein it was only animals

Solitaire Road Stop

We had our 4th flat on the way to Sossusvlei dunes; bought a new tire here at this amazing oasis - they had a first-class bakery, a store, restaurant, all kinds of vehicle repair services and they were busy; must be a gold mine!!

Sossusvlei Dunes

Sossusvlei Dunes & Trees

Sossusvlei dunes

Sossusvlie Dunes

Sossusvlei Lodge

Had dinner at a beautiful resort where at the 'game station' they served kudu, oryx, zebra, red hartebeest, wildebeest. They also had a stir-fry and fresh fish stations

Luderitz B&B

Luderitz was sunny but very windy; our B&B was delightful and we needed a bit of luxury after 4 night of camping

Kolmanskop Ghost Town

Diamonds were discovered here in 1897 and by 1908 the Germans had set up a mining town; 20% of the world's diamonds at that time came from this alluvial site

Kolmanskop Public Transport

Pulled by mules, this tram daily made its way around the town delivering water, ice and supplies to all the homes and businesses, plus the women of the town used it for shopping, going to the theater, etc.

Kolmanskoop

The ghost town of Kolmanskop - the sand is slowing taking over

Nunda Safari Lodge

This was a typical lodge with creative architecture - tons of open space

Life Along the River

We saw crocodile and hippos right before we came upon this bathing scene

San Village

We visited a San village for two days. First day we spent in the village and enjoyed watching the women make jewelry and the men make arrows. These folks were watching others dance

San Men Watching Dance

San Hunt

Our second day in the San village we were taken on a hunt - spent all morning looking for any kind of wildlife, being shown medicinal plants, how to make snares and many other wonders

San Hunters

We walked thru all kinds of vegetation - lots of grassland, but also thorn veld

Orange Retrieval

The youngest of the 3 San hunters climbed a tree to get an orange like fruit for us to try

San Sharing the Orange

7th September 2015

Mara
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What a trip!
Kathy -- this was excellent! Though I won't be taking such a trip, I'm so, so glad you did! Thank you.

7th September 2015

Jenny Coniglio
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I don't usually read much of your blogs... They are so interesting but long. But this one really was good. Camping in the bush was really interesting. Pictures were great!

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