thought I had saved a view from Table Mtn for this but hadn't - I'll do one more blog of our last week out and around Cape Town later - right now bags packed to leave for UK
RedRed dunes to white dunes: mountains to the sea. September 30th 2009
(First up some advice to anyone else searching out stuff about camping in Namibia. Don’t stay in the Namibian Wildlife Resort camps except in Etosha - they cost 2-3 x as much as private camps that are immediately outside the reserve areas and in most cases they have much better facilities. We had pre-booked months ago at Sesreim and Hobas thinking one needed to and not realising that the priv ... read more
Africa » Namibia » Sossusvlei South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla gr... ... read more
We're a retired NZ couple who are still keenly travelling after getting started with the Trans-Siberian railway and usual European camping OE in the 1970s. Since the 2009 trip in southern Africa (the only trip 'blogged') we have had 7 years of more civilised travel including East Africa. Now, its Central and South America - but in some comfort, we think!... full info