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Fish River Canyon, Namibia. Don’t leave anything behind.
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 12 November 2009
Fish River Canyon, Namibia – is apparantly, the next biggest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon. It’s also called Visriviercanyon. The Fish River Canyon is about 30 kilometres wide at its widest point, 160 kilometres long and up to 550 metres deep. The Namibian government proudly claims it’s the next biggest canyon after the Grand [...]Fish River Canyon, Namibia.
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Twyfelfontein
Blog: Travelicious - 7 November 2009
Twyfelfontein is a magical area of huge boulders interspersed by impressive rock engraving galleries and the main area with engravings is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At the nicely laid out visitors center that perfectly blends into the surroundings we were met by a guide (guides are compulsory). He was a very intelligent and well informed young man and we had a nice talk while walking around looking at the engravings. The engravings are believed to be up to 6000 years old and have been done by the San, a nomadic hunter-gather people that have lived in Namibia always it seems.
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Lady in Etosha
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
I spent the last two weeks of December traveling to countries 49 and 50: Namibia and South Africa. Warm weather, safaris, sand dunes, and good wine; what better way to spend the last two weeks of the year?
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Lady Lives to Tell It
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
A week before we left for Namibia I asked my boyfriend to remind me of our itinerary. He rattled off the locations of our safari camps, talked about driving from Etosha back to Windhoek, then casually mentioned the bush plane that would fly us to Sossusvlei—"Wait. Bush plane?" I asked."Yeah. I asked you about it months ago. You were fine with it.""Um, no. I'm petrified of heights. There's no way I would have ever agreed to fly in a bush plane," I told him. "Ever.""Oh, hmmm. I thought we talked about it."
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Lady at Little Kulala
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
After my harrowing bush plane journey from Windhoek to Sossusvlei, I was relieved to be greeted on the ground by the driver from Little Kulala, our safari lodge in the great Namib-Naukluft desert.
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Strange Sites Cycling Africa
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 6 November 2009
We saw some crazy things when we were in Africa. What do you expect when you are cycling through some of the most remote regions on the planet. Here is a list of what we found to be some of the most surreal, strange and odd sites in Africa.
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Notes from Namibia
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 31 October 2009
Oct 18 Flying into Namibia felt like arriving in some kind of No-Man’s-Land. (We travelled from Tanzania down to South Africa entirely overland. We cheated only once, on a quick flight from Johannesburg to Windhoek, Namibia. We were able to include the segment free of additional charge on our round-the world ticket.) There is no one [...]
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What’s Hot. What’s Not
Blog: Africa Attraction - 11 October 2009
If this posting was really about what was hot, then I’d be writing about the three of us, sat in the middle of Zambia, in our pants, sweating a lot. But no one wants that. No, in this instance what I mean by ‘hot’, is useful. And by ‘useful’, I mean things that have benefitted our journey thus far. I’m sure any seasoned Africa traveller – if there is such a thing – will snort derisively at me stating the obvious, but I’d certainly like to have known some of the below before setting off on my jaunt, so I’m assuming similarly clueless Africa virgins would as well.
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Namibia No More
Blog: Africa Attraction - 22 September 2009
From our five days in Namibia, we saw more of the place than its people. Harsh, arid landscapes of contrasting gradients, punctuated by red sands, boulders and endless roads, made for great visuals.
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Creatures of Habit
Blog: Africa Attraction - 22 September 2009
Day two and the three of us had already carved out some semblance of a personal and collective routine.
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Back to Life (Back to Reality)
Blog: Africa Attraction - 22 September 2009
The first day driving ended with a sinister, reality check. We set up camp (Sea Gull’s Cry, off the south end of Swakopmund beach), dined on zucchini and chicken in cracked-pepper cheese sauce (a la Giles), and polished off a bottle of red (courtesy of our Dutch lady friend – who accepted our invitation to dinner, but not the offer of sharing a tent with one of us). We then whiled away the evening by the fire, talking to two fellow overlanders – an Aussie photographer, Nick, and an ex-Peace Corps volunteer, Maureen.
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Miles and Money
Blog: Africa Attraction - 22 September 2009
A long-wheel based Land Rover with all the trimmings, weighs just over two tonnes and is 4,599mm (not including the winch) long. For the inexperienced (us), it’s more like driving a tank than a car. Our first day started out rather shakily (me nearly reversing over Giles – hilarious, yes, but would have been a pain since we wouldn’t have been able to split the driving three ways), but as time and distance passed, with each of us taking our turn behind the wheel, we became more comfortable with the vehicle’s handling, weight, and engine. Confidence grew.
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On the Road
Blog: Africa Attraction - 22 September 2009
Waking hours largely comprise of driving, camping, sleeping and drinking (always in that order, I hasten to add), with little time for much else.
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Trip Advice for South Africa, Swaziland, Namibia, and Botswana
Blog: GoBackpacking - 17 September 2009
We saw elephants, rhinos, hippos, leopards, cheetahs, and the rest. The lions eluded usBuy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Etosha National Park. Namibia.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 5 September 2009
Etosha National Park is billed as one of Southern Africa's finest and most important Game Reserves. Having stayed at many of South Africas National Parks, where we enjoy self catering and sitting out at night listening to the night sounds. I was really exited about visiting Etosha.
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Namibia, Damaraland, Mowani Mountain Camp.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 3 September 2009
Damaraland ?? I had never heard of it! Damaraland is part of North-western Namibia, inland from the Skeleton Coast. The area has wildlife and many natural features. In 1985 I had watched a South African TV series called ‘The Mantis Project’, http://ccms.ukzn.ac.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=336&Itemid=44 and soon I saw the landscape that had starred in this TV series....The Spitzkoppe.
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Namibia, Swakopmund, Senic Air Flight over Sossusvlei.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 1 September 2009
In Swakopmund we had really got to grips with the sand based activities on offer! We driven trough the desert, climbed up the dunes and moon walked down them, rode over them on quad bikes, now it was time to fly over them and see what the desert meeting the ocean looked like from above.
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Namibia, Swakopmund, Cape Cross Seals & Quadbiking in the dunes.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 30 August 2009
We headed North from Swakopmund on a Salt Road, A road in better condition than many of Britain's main roads. Our intention today was to explore the Skeleton Coast.The Skeleton Coast in the norther part of the Atlantic Ocean coast of Namibia. The coast is named due to the treacherous nature of this coastline, many shipwrecks can be seen, they have run aground on rocks in the thick fogs the area is known for. We were not going all the way up to the Skeleton Coast Park, but just to Cape Cross to see the Cape Fur seals.
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Namibia, Swakopmund, The Welwitschia Plains.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 29 August 2009
As we drove out of Swakopmund and towards the Namib Desert, we drove passed an old Steam Train named ‘ Martin Luther’. 5 minutes past this point the Fog cleared and we were in the bright sunshine again
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Namibia, Swakopmund, a German town on the Atlantic Ocean!
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 27 August 2009
Driving through the large expanse of the Namib Desert, we headed back to the Atlantic Coast, first we arrived at Walvis Bay. This town was a great disappointment. Having heard about it for years on the South African weather forecast, I was very disappointed. It was architecturally uninspiring, looking like some odd town, dumped in the middle of know where, for no reason! Of course there are plenty of reasons for its survival. It thrives mainly because the Pelican Point sand spit makes it the only feasible port between Lüderitz and Luanda.
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Namib-Naukluft Park.Sossusvlei, Sesriem, Dune 45,The Hidden Vlei. Namibia, June 2008.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 23 August 2009
At Kulala Desert lodge you can sleep on your private roof terrace and look up at the stars. Stargazing in the Namib Desert was spectacular. The sky's are so clear, it is easy to see the Milky Way. The nights in June were very cold, I needed the hot water bottle I found in my bed!Waking up in the morning to the view towards Sossusvlei was unforgettable, the dawn was just breaking as we got into the Land Rover and drove with our guide to a private gate on the Tsauchab River. This gate was the entrance to the world-famous Sossusvlei dunes.
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Swakopmund to Namib-Naukluft Park and Kulala Desert lodge.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 22 August 2009
The Desert Express moved very slowly from Windhoek towards Swakopmund, I think it pulled into a siding for the night as I slept well for most of the night, waking as the train started to move at around 05.30. The view outside of the carriage window was rather startling, thick fog. Fog is a common phenomenon in Swakopmund. This town is situated where the Namib Desert meets the Atlantic Ocean. Unlike the destinations in the Namibian interior, Swakopmund usually has quite cool weather. The town has a temperate climate where the average temperature is between 15˚C and 25˚C year round.
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Namibia, The Desert Express.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 21 August 2009
We arrived at the picturesque Windhoek Train Station at 09.00 to check in on the ‘Desert Express’.The train station is built in old Cape Dutch style and there are many old trains on display outside as the building forms part of the Trans-Namib Transport Museum. The German influence was evident with the Gothic script on the information board at the station.
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Namibia Holiday. June 2008.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 21 August 2009
This trip to Namibia took place in 2008. I have decided to record it on my blog, as since posting the Botswana information I have received many enquiries about both Botswana and Namibia, so I hope it is of help to you all? It was my birthday present from my husband. As this holiday was a present, I do not know the prices of the accommodation, so my views are based on what the places were like not value for money. When planning this holiday, my husband had intended for us to visit both Botswana and Namibia, this is often sold by the travel operators as a package.
