Month: September 2013

4x4, Africa, Blog, Namibia

Rock engravings & Damara tribes

Namibia: Damaraland: Twyfelfontein & Seisfontein Our first port of call heading north was a campsite, *Aabadi Mountain Camp”, just outside the extremely arid town of Twyfelfontein.  Here it has not […]

4x4, Africa, Blog, Namibia

Dawn, Desert & Dunes

Namibia: Sossusvlei We arrived at Sesriem full of excitement to see the much celebrated and photographed desert dunes of Sossusvlei.  Sesriem is the gateway to the dunes and we obediently […]

4x4, Africa, Blog, Namibia

Wild-roads, Wildlife, Wilderness

Namibia: Namib-Naukluft National Park About five kilometres inland from Walvis Bay the C14 deteriorates suddenly from smooth tarmac to the ubiquitous gravel which characterises most of Namibia’s roads.  Much of […]

4x4, Africa, Blog, Namibia

A visit to Crazy Harry

Namibia: Swakopmund While Swakopmund’s coastline may be skeletal, the waistline of most of its residents is not.  One of our first observations here is the prodigious appetite of the locals […]

4x4, Africa, Blog, Namibia

“In to Africa”

Namibia: Walvis Bay to Swakopmund After the debacle of our original attempt to get Tonka onboard the “Atacama” bound for Walvis Bay in Namibia back in July (which ended with […]