Friday, 4 Jun 2004 | Views [502]
Namibia is about the size of Texas but averages fewer than two people per square kilometer. While we’ve seen only part of the country, we are impressed with the landscape and the fortitude of the inhabitants. Most of the people live in rural ... Read more >
Thursday, 3 Jun 2004 | Views [546]
We slept late today after our long day yesterday and explored the western most part of Etosha open to the public. At the Oliphants waterhole we watched a lone male elephant approach for a drink. Soon he was joined by another young male and shortly ... Read more >
Tuesday, 1 Jun 2004 | Views [585]
I can’t believe it is June already! Where has the time gone? We spent our first day in Etosha in the eastern part of the park. The west is open only for tour operators and our camp is in the middle of the public part. Unlike Kruger in April ... Read more >
Monday, 31 May 2004 | Views [533]
Today was another long day of driving, inevitable in Namibia. Sometime during the night the wind switched from the east – the desert side – and dried things out so putting away the tent was OK. But as we drove up the Skeleton Coast it was like ... Read more >
Sunday, 30 May 2004 | Views [922]
Back home this is the Memorial Day week-end where in a former life we would be ---- camping! H ere in Namibia where our campsite is nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Namib Desert, it’s a little different. The last time we camped within ... Read more >
Saturday, 29 May 2004 | Views [379]
We spent the entire day and another 700 kilometers driving across the Namibian Desert, thankful that we were on pavement. We passed through the capital of Windhoek on our way to the seaside town of Swakopmund on the Atlantic Ocean. After the dry ... Read more >
Friday, 28 May 2004 | Views [864]
We headed back out of the park on our way into Namibia. The drive was much like a day driving in central Wyoming or Nevada. But on 500 kilometers of dirt roads! Of course, there are South African dirt roads which bruise kidneys and loosen ... Read more >
