Blogs from Namibia, Africa - page 102

Thur 12 We drove to fish river canyon - the second biggest canyon in the world. We wandered along the edge and then back for sunset- but it wasn't that spectacular. The canyon itself was huge but I seem to remember the Grandcanyon being a nice colour. (I've been so spoilt that I'm not wowed by these sights anymore!) ... read more

Sat 7th Drove to a cape fur seal colony, thousands of sea lions for as far as you can see, very noisy and even more smelly. Lots of pups around as well so very cute- once over the smell. They have so many there, they have to cull some of them and you can buy fur wallets etc from a little shop- def not my thing. Then onto Swakopmund- Heini’s home town- and back into a hostel. We booked our activities and then wandered around town which has a German feel to it, which was dead as it is Easter weekend. In the evening we went to an Italian for dinner which had huge portions- I ended up taking half my pizza home for tomorrow. But the ribs were the most impressive lump of meat ... read more

Spitzkoppe dessert camp Africa » Namibia » Spitzkoppe By TamsinApril 6th 2007Tamsin SebbaFri 6th Drove to Spitzkoppe and stayed near some hills that jutted out of the sand. I climbed up one of them- not quite to the top- it was harder than it looked either large steep slopes of big boulders and fining a way down which didn’t involve falling down a crevice was more difficult than expected but most importantly I made it down in time for dinner! ... read more

High were my expectations of the Namibian capital. A castle Neuschwanstein perched on the slopes between the Eros and Auas mountain chains, with a quaint cobblestoned town centre of thatched roof houses, was the least I expected. Of course this wasn’t the case as we arrived at six o’ clock to a nondescript bus-station, next to a soulless mall and the sky was as grey as in a Philip K. Dick inspired science fiction movie. The sun never rose that day, instead that grey excuse for a sky shed yet more dreariness to the capital with its neat and tidy streets. During my second visit to the city, that first impression was totally washed away by the city’s friendly inhabitants, but for the first few days, that impression stayed and flecked our experience of what ... read more

So photos to follow but photos from previous blogs are on love to all Tamsin... read more