Cruising the Okavango Delta
12 марта 2018 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We went by power boat to "Mokoro" Island. More on that in another post. The first pic is papyrus, the plant used by ancient Egyptians for their "paper." It still grows here. The rest are views alongЧитать далее
Mokoro excursion and island hike
12 марта 2018 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
A mokoro is a traditional dugout canoe that is poled along hippos channels made as hippos at first and elephants later move through the delta. The people are Larry and Helen from Canada. Larry isЧитать далее
Okavongo Delta fauna
12 марта 2018 г., Ботсвана ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
As we were there after the beginning of the rainy season, we didn't expect to see too many animals, as there is now water everywhere. So the animals don't need to come to the large channels andЧитать далее
Windhoek, Namibia
12 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The capital of Namibia. First is the museum of Naimiba with the stature of Dr Sam Nujoma, first leader of the nation, part of the memorial to the struggle of independence, the parliament building andЧитать далее
Traveling in the Kalahari
12 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Views from the truck, a large termite mound and a sunrise over the Kalahari. Yes, we really do get up that early
Etosha National Park, Namibia
12 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
This park surrounds and includes the salt pan that is the remains of a prehistoric lake. If you look closey at the last one, you might pick out the mirage of water in the distance
Etosha fauna
12 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Zebras, black back jackal, corey bustard, the heaviest bird that flies, elephant, blue wildebeast and female kudu
More Etosha fauna
12 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Oryx (national animal of Namibia), young'uns at play, springbok (national animal of South Africa), a jackal trying to steal food from a hyena, lion and black rhino
Local village near Opuwo
12 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
We visited a local village where people of 3 tribes living together, They speak the same language and can be distinguished by their dress. Only women and children are present as the men have theЧитать далее
Rock art
12 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Painted by bush men or sand people thousands of years ago. First the rock where the paintings are and then some of the paintings
A walk in the park near the rock art
12 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Views of the desert and a natural stone arch
Skeleton Coast
12 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
So named for the large number of shipwrecks here. Located where the Namibian Desert reaches the South Atlantic Ocean. The pics are an Angolan trawler lost here 10 years ago, views along the beach andЧитать далее
Swakopmund
12 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
A lovely city near the south end f the Skeleton Coast. Pics are a view of the coast toward the desert, looking back to the city from the jetty, the lighthouse over the state house, waves crashing andЧитать далее
In the Namibian Desert
20 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
East of the South Atlantic on the way to Cape Town. Crossed out of the tropics, even though it got hotter for a while. The tree is one of those desert trees that are full of water, fiber and has manyЧитать далее
Namibian Dunes--Dune 45
20 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Most climbed dune in the park. The climb (about 85 meters, vertical), the view and the descent. It was early so the heat hadn't gotten too bad, only in the 80s. Going down was easier and more fun thanЧитать далее
Dead Vlei
20 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
A dead vlei is a hard clay pan in the desert that is the bottom of a former lake that has dried up.
It is literally dead (English) vlei (Afrikaans for marsh or pond between dunes). Even the acaciaЧитать далее
Sesriem Canyon
20 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Steep, narrow canyon. From the Afrikaans for 6 leather straps that were tied together to reach the water in the depths of the canyon, when there was water
Fish River Canyon
20 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Said to be second only to the Grand Canyon is scale
/ai-/ais
20 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
I suspect that the name looks strange. It does to me. That is because the name of this hot springs site is in a click language that we have no way to write or pronounce in English. So it was writtenЧитать далее
Near the border with South Africa
20 марта 2018 г., Намибия ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Table grapes are a major cash crop in this part of Namibia. Not wine grapes--it's too hot. Irrigation is from the Orange River that forms the border between Namibia and South Africa. 2 pics of theЧитать далее
Cape Town, Table Mountain
22 марта 2018 г., Южная Африка ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Table Mountain is a sort of symbol for Cape Town as is soars over the city. The first pic is looking up at the mountain from the cable car. The a look at the top of the mountain, views from the topЧитать далее
table mountain at night
22 марта 2018 г., Южная Африка ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Sunset and cape town at night, both from the top of the mountain. The last one was taken from the cable car on the way down, hence the post. The floor of the cable car rotates. So I didn't realize IЧитать далее
Around Cape Town
22 марта 2018 г., Южная Африка ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Pictures around town. The first picture is city hall. The arches in the second picture are at the front of city hall. You can find them in the first picture toward the right. The center arch is whereЧитать далее
Bo-Kaap
22 марта 2018 г., Южная Африка ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
From the Dutch--Kaap refers to Cape Town, bo is a contraction of Dutch for above. Bo-Kaap sits up the side of Signal Hill overlooking downtown. The site was originally a far granted to a wealthy manЧитать далее
Along the west side
22 марта 2018 г., Южная Африка ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
First is Clifton Beach, followed by Hout's Bay. Hout's Bay is a fishing port. Looking across the bay is Chapman's Peak. The the last 3 pics are taken from Chapman's Peak from various angle, one ofЧитать далее