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Cycling Africa – Rough Roads to Southern Skies
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 11 April 2012
Like all decisions of great consequence my plan to cycle around the world was made in a pub, beer in one hand, mini-atlas in the other. I was working as an emergency doctor in central London and struggled with the question of whether it was brave or stupid and ungrateful to say goodbye to it all, to my friends, to my family, to my country and to the job that I loved.
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Overlanding Africa: Tips and Reviews
Blog: WildJunket - 4 April 2012
At the end of 2011, I spent a month traveling overland through South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia with G Adventures. This was definitely one of the best trips of my life: experiencing the backcountry of Southern Africa, camping out in the wild, meeting lifelong friends – all of which I would have missed
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A Sense of Scale – Sesriem Canyon in the Namib Desert
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 14 March 2012
I was looking for a photo to use as a test while I'm sprucing up Inside the Travel Lab - you know, washing behind its ears, dampening down tufts of hair and generally trying to get it to look its Sunday Best - when I found this. The sight of
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Volunteer with rescued cheetahs at Namibia’s Cheetah Conservation Fund
Blog: The Adventures of D - 12 March 2012
Volunteer with rescued cheetahs at Namibia’s Cheetah Conservation FundEditor’s Note: This is a guest post by Natasha Zapata and a part of the Travel Bloggers Giveback series. To learn more about TBGB, please visit its Facebook page. If [...]d travels 'round
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Racing Against the Sands of Time – Namibia
Blog: WildJunket - 24 February 2012
55 million years have passed, but the world’s oldest desert is still home to massive sand dunes, roaming wildlife and clusters of dead trees.
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2012’s Top Adrenaline-Pumping Holidays
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 22 February 2012
If you fancy a holiday that offers more than a suntan there are plenty of action-packed, adventure-fuelled trips, many of which are completely new this year.
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Photoblog: Wildlife Encounters in Etosha National Park, Namibia
Blog: WildJunket - 6 February 2012
ions on your right!” Our driver’s voice crackled through the speakers in our truck. I grabbed my camera, fixed my lens to the maximum zoom and set my vision to the distance.
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Photoblog: Watching Sunrise Atop Sand Dunes in Sossusvlei, Namibia
Blog: WildJunket - 13 December 2011
I’ve seen sunrise in many parts of the world, but catching sunrise from the top of sand dunes is quite something. Shades of orange and red danced across the vast desert as the wind blew the sand around us into a whirlpool.
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lions wake
Blog: The Road Forks - 23 September 2011
It seemed only right that for our weekly photo as we celebrate two years on the road, we share with you videos that I am FINALLY going through --- one year after we took these videos, no less. . . . keep reading lions wake after the jump5 comments
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Namibia uncovered – Land, Sand, Sky and Water
Blog: WildJunket - 3 August 2011
This is a guest post by Mohamed Khamza.
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A Quick Guide to Namibia
Blog: Pommie Travels - 15 July 2011
The South West African country of Namibia is an incredible destination to experience authentic local culture as well as amazing wildlife and the spectacular landscapes. Arrive in the capital, Windhoek and explore the dramatic Skeleton Coast and formidable yet hauntingly beautiful and fragile desert environment further inland. Namibia weather is hot with 300 days of [...]
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Southern Africa road trip part 10 - final
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 6 July 2011
The road from Zimbabwe to Zambia As a South African, Zimbabwe is our neighbour. We have millions, yes millions, of displaced Zimbabweans trying to make a living in South Africa.
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Southern Africa road trip part 9
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 1 July 2011
Elephants on the Chobe River Once we finally managed to get onto our campsite in Chobe, we had a mad rush to pitch our tents so we could make the Chobe River game cruise.
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Southern Africa road trip part 8
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 12 June 2011
Our tents drying out Most people ask about your last holiday when you get home. I find more experienced travellers ask the most questions. Those who haven't travelled much don't really care much to hear about another destination.
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Southern Africa road trip part 7
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 6 June 2011
Going through the Okavango Delta on a Makorro Yet another early start as we headed to the Okavango Delta. Tour groups often camp on the islands in the delta but many of the islands were under water due to the high rains.
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Southern Africa road trip part 6
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 30 May 2011
Flamingoes in Etosha Pan We had our usual breakfast - muesli, fruit, yogurt, bread, cheeses, Nutella and preserves. The Germans took to Rooibos tea instead of regular tea. Rooibos tea is an institution in Southern Africa.
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Southern Africa road trip part 4
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 16 May 2011
Roadside stop From the dusty desert midlands of Namibia we headed west toward the coast. Our lunch stop was next to the sea in Walvis Bay. Would have been nice if they had loos there. After a morning on the bus we did need a biological break.
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Southern Africa road trip part 3
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 10 May 2011
Death Vlei Supper at Sossusvlei camp was Chilli con carne, carrot salad and coleslaw. I got Chilli non carne. Amazing what our guide was able to make on an open fire. She even made an apple crumble one evening.
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Southern Africa road trip part 2
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 8 May 2011
Fish River Canyon. One of the guys on the trip arrived with a cold and was feeling rubbish. We stopped in Springbok to find a pharmacy, but being a Sunday, plus Springbok is a really remote and small place, everything was closed.
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Southern Africa road trip part 1
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 6 May 2011
Our tents on the first night I said in my last post I would write about the road trip I have just done which covered nearly 5000 kilometers and spanned four countries in Southern African.
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Off to Namibia . . and Botswana . . and Zimbabwe!
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 15 April 2011
Sand dune Namibia I am leaving in a day for a camping trip into Southern Africa. It's going to be three weeks of dirt roads and dust. Sleeping in tents and getting up close and personal with nature.
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Street Art in Swakopmund
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 4 March 2011
Alright, I admit it. I did agree with the description of Namibia's adventure playground, Swakopmund, as "unimaginably dreary." I still do. Yet as I was leaving town, I drove along this street of, well, street art that lifted my spirits...
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africa-in-focus desert & water wanderer: the low-down
Blog: The Road Forks - 31 January 2011
africa-in-focus overland: the low-down January 31, 2011 a wrap up Wrap up video (3 weeks in 4 minutes) - If you like wildlife, you should watch this
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Warning: Sand in the Desert
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 28 January 2011
The Namib Desert runs for over a thousand miles in southern Africa, and at 55 million years of age, geologists feel confident that it's the oldest desert in the world. Yet on the road between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, the authorities feel we may not have noticed...
