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Crossing The Mighty Namib Naukluft Desert
/4 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanI had to pull myself away from my camera to get on with making the journey across this desert and to the seaside town of Swakopmund It was inevitable. My visit in Sossulvlei took longer than I planned. And with 300km of questionable quality dirt roads to Swakopmund, I probably pushed a bit too much. […]
Sossulvlei. Sunrise Perspective From The Ground.
/1 Comment/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanI spent most of the morning at the dunes. There’s a 60km tar road that leads into the park from the entrance gate. Paying N$80 for me and N$10 for Doc I sped down the nicest new tar I’d seen in awhile. Then there’s deep sand 5km from Sossuvlie. 4×4 Shuttles take you in for […]
Day Folds Into Night In The Bush.
/0 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanOne Last Night In Sossulvlei. Bliss in the bush.
The Dune Sea.
/5 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanEver since seeing photographs of these dunes in picture books I've dreamed of coming to Namibia to see how such marvels of nature could exists -- and if they really looked like those pictures we've all seen.... That afternoon the tour director at Sossulvei Lodge offered me to fly with a Swiss traveler who was going on the 45 minute flight regardless if any others joined.
Exotic Game in Sossusvlei
/5 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanPerhaps the trademark or signature image of Namibia comes from the glorious orange colored dunes of of the Namib Desert — perhaps most famously are those of Sossusvlei. Tucked into the central Namib surrounded by vast arid plains dotted with acacia and quiver trees and various desert shrubs such as sage or some sort of […]
Change. Of Course.
/4 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, Travelogue /by allanMaybe it was each of the continuous 20km without even ten meters of relief of perhaps the worse corrugated, rocky and gravely road I’d been on during my trip. Bone jarring, teeth rattling and bike beating nasty washboard with spots of deep gravel. Or peradventure, was it the 130km of dirt riding requiring heavy concentration […]
The Sandy Wet Ride to Namibia
/2 Comments/in Africa, Namibia, South Africa, Travelogue /by allanThings always take longer than you’d like. Especially when it comes to motorcycle dealers. As my bike sat for over a month in Rio this past summer, the humidity combined with the salt ocean air did a number on the bike. The nuts and bolts holding the end cap of my Adventure Pipe had oxidized […]