Namibia 2010 - PHOTO DIARY

Above: Cyphostemma Currorii in the Spitzkoppe mountains

Rainbow waves at Hentiesbaai

Above: The seal colony at Cape Cross
Below: Good 'ol cider (in a beer glass) after a hot day in Swakopmund

Below: Kokerbome or quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) are scattered along rocky plains in southern Namibia

Hello you sexy Euphorbia virosa

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Below: Oh happy days ... with an off-the-road drive comes a spot for the night at the edge of a canyon!

Cheers to Nuy!

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We limited ourselves to the bubbly ONLY - didn't want to step off off into thin air that night

Yet another coffee (and Frangelico) stop on the road

Moringa ovalifolia - we love you!

Another spot to set up camp for the night - just somewhere random off the beaten track.

Below: Rash demonstrating her new found talent ... the pantsula dance

Above: That's how we roll, under the stars ...

In a canyon near Sosusvlei

Above: The sea view and our backpacker camping grass in Luderitz

Below: Sossusvlei fun

Sundowners on Dune 45 - G&Ts, we have standards!

Above from left to right: Rash; Chickety-China-the-Chinese-Chicken; Fran

Below: This is why it took us three days to travel what normally takes 6 hours ... 

Above: The ghost town of Kolmanskop

Below: Pantsula everywhere! 

We didn't really do it, but after almost a month of travelling together, cabin-fever sets in and these things become really funny - you had to be there!

Border crossing at Sendlingsdrift

First night back in SA, Port Nolloth had it all - sunset, red wine and pizza! What more could one ask for? 

Taking the road less (more like harldy ever) travelled - it did take us three days to get back to Cape Town

The Big Five (bakkie's name) hit 300 000 somewhere on the N7 between Garies and Vanrynsdorp, in the dark, in hte cold. Of course we stopped and had a drink!

Doing whatever we liked, whenever we liked!

Above: Hiking and posing on the Omaruru Mountain

Below: An average day in Damaraland

Granietkop area, Damaraland

Above: This is what happens when you decide to go wine tasting in the middle of Namibia ... you end up Mampoer tasting instead

Below: And yes, yes, had to do the tourist thing ... hello Etosha and all its ellies

Good ol' Nuy, good ol' sunset, good ol' bush, good ol' times

Above: Sesamothamnus guerichii

Below: Jay and Rash

A night in the Palmwag concession

Above: Washing day

Below: Bubbles on the deck at the Palmwag Lodge

Above: Pachypodium lealii

Below: The animals are the other way, Rash

Above: Giraffe and the purple-stemmed Commiphora multijuga

Below: A Sterculia juts out from a cliff  

Another delicious camping spot with no signs of civilisation and the wide open spaces to explore

Above: Baobabs and asses

Below: Almost there ... Angola was a spontaneous last minute decision that morning

ABove: Angola woooooooooooo

Below: The most northern Wimpy in Namibia

Above: Pale chanting goshawk

Below: Tea stop with zebras and Chickety-China-the-Chinese-Chicken