The sunset in its golden splendor
06/09/2014 I’ve always been one for cool, green landscapes. With lots of water. I simply don’t like heat. And I don’t do desert, sand and …
Sunsets, Dunes and Quiver Trees - Namibia 2014
It’s a kinda lazy life, I know
07/09/2014 We always make the same mistake. Too many things to see in too little time. This time, I tried to not have us do …
This is a song for the Captain…
08/09/2014 Just outside Keetmanshoop there is a signpost that claims that it is exactly 500km to Windhoek. This is our agenda for the day. And …
I’m knitting with only one needle…
09/09/2014 Enough of this city stuff. Let’s rather head out to the coast. But first we stopped at the Old Brewery in Windhoek. The building …
Wider than a mile…
10/09/2014 The national flower of Namibia is the Welwitschia. It is unique in the Namib, and is in fact a coniferous dwarf tree that is …
And solitaire’s the only game in town…
11/09/2014 It is only recently that I started getting an interest in Sossusvlei. I’ve come to love photo’s of skeleton-like trees against a backdrop of …
I’ve still got sand in my shoes…
12 September 2014 I’ll blame old age for my increasing levels of apprehension for the unknown. How do they manage to take those photo’s. Do …
When the red sun sets…
13/09/2014 Yesterday, a small herd of springbok crossed the road in front of us, and then stopped briefly, probably to point fingers and laugh at …
Between the silence of the mountain…
14/09/2014 We’re off to Aus. And as always, the plan is to leave early. And then vacation happens…. In front of the main lodge, yesterday’s …
They’re swimming in the sand…
15/09/2014 From Aus it is about a 120km drive to Lüderitz. The road is tarred, but I cannot help wonder how many accidents must happen …