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May 21. Bwabwata National Park, Caprivi Strip, Namibia300 Km’s Today we are heading to the Caprivi Strip and Bwabwata National Park to spend onr night on the Kwando River and in the park. Yesterday and today were long drives with not much to choose from for lunch Posted by barb3389 in Barb and Paul's Adventures Abroad | May 23, 2018
May 20 Departing Etosha, heading to RunduA resaonable hour to start our 480 km route today, 8:30. Loved this hotel, wish we had more time here. We are entering the Kavango Region today and will stay tonight on the Okavango River across from Angola. Misheck said Posted by barb3389 in Barb and Paul's Adventures Abroad | May 21, 2018
May 19 Etosha Park East150 Km’s plus the 2 hour game drive. Seemed like 500 Km’s on these dirt roads! This morning we went on a game drive. Etosha is quite different than parks in Kenya where there are animals at every turn. Posted by barb3389 in Barb and Paul's Adventures Abroad | May 21, 2018
First Hours in WindhoekSaturday Just after we left the airport Sam pulled the Land Cruiser into a layby (a place to pull over for non-British types) in order to go over the itinerary. As he did, I could immediately tell that Cintia from Karibu Posted by Bob Brink in Searching for Magical Moments | May 20, 2018
My Flights to Windhoek To Johannesburg My mood today is much different than yesterday when I was in the sorry to be leaving my ladies and worrying about things forgotten mood. And landing in London is just not that exciting, even if London is Posted by Bob Brink in Searching for Magical Moments | May 19, 2018
May 18 Etosha Park South200 Km’s plus 3 hour game drive 8:45 start. We have a fairly short drive to the south-west entrance of Etosha National Park. At 12:30 we entered the park thru the Anderson Gate. Etosha means The Great Posted by barb3389 in Barb and Paul's Adventures Abroad | May 19, 2018
May 17 Damaraland380 Km’s Had a nice sleep in this morning with an 8:30 departure. We drove 70 Km’s up the coast, the road travelling right beside the ocean, and all we saw was empty beach. Not a house nor a Posted by barb3389 in Barb and Paul's Adventures Abroad | May 19, 2018
May 16 Swakopmund and Township tourThis morning we met our guide Nande from Explorer Tours who took us on a township tour. He grew up in this township and has started his own business in tourism, and the money we pay goes back into Posted by barb3389 in Barb and Paul's Adventures Abroad | May 19, 2018
May 15. Sossusvlei to Swakopmund5:45 alarm, bags out at 6:30 and head off for breakfast and onwards to Walvis Bay and Swakomund. It is very windy this morning so thank heavens we did our desert hike yesterday. But is seems warmer, maybe Posted by barb3389 in Barb and Paul's Adventures Abroad | May 16, 2018
May 14. Namib Desert Hike5:30 AM alarm again, ride to breakfast at 6:10 and departure at 7:00 to be at the park entrance for sunrise, when it opens. There was a huge line of buses, trucks and cars lined up, but once we Posted by barb3389 in Barb and Paul's Adventures Abroad | May 16, 2018
May 13 To Sossusvlei570 Km’s. Drove from 7:30 to 3:30. Another 5:45 alarm, 6:30 breakfast, 7:30 departure. And a very long driving day, longer than our trip from !Xaus Lodge. Again, almost all dirt roads. At noon, we stopped Posted by barb3389 in Barb and Paul's Adventures Abroad | May 16, 2018
May 12. Fish River CanyonThis morning we went to Fish River Canyon, the second largest canyon in the world. It is 161 Km’s long and 27 Km’s wide at the widest. It is 600 metres deep. The colours aren’t as nice Posted by barb3389 in Barb and Paul's Adventures Abroad | May 16, 2018
May 11 Kgalagadi, South Africa to Fish River Canyon, Namibi545 Km’s. Only 160 were paved. 5:30AM wake up and departure at 6:45. We used the lodge’s newest 10 seater safari vehicle to take us out to the meeting point. We left in the dark and it was Posted by barb3389 in Barb and Paul's Adventures Abroad | May 16, 2018
Some Electronic Packing TipsThis time tomorrow I will be at the airport. So I am down to my final steps, including making sure that I have all my electronic charging devices. A bit of advice for anyone travelling from North America and wondering Posted by Bob Brink in Searching for Magical Moments | May 15, 2018
My Trip By The NumbersSo I have two more sleeps before I get on the plane to London. My to do list has become mostly a “put into suitcase” list. For a slightly different type of list, here are some numbers related to the Posted by Bob Brink in Searching for Magical Moments | May 14, 2018
Off to Namibia and BotswanaAfter spending several days getting used to Travellerspoint through making many posts about our 2016 Madagascar trip, I am moving on to current news. If you found my blog on this page and are interested, you can read about that Posted by Bob Brink in Searching for Magical Moments | May 10, 2018
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Windhoek, NamibiaA long but comfortable bus ride with Intercape buses. Posted by UliS in Southern Africa 2013 | May 5, 2018
WindhoekЧто мы попали в другой мир, мы заметили во время пересадки в Аддис Абебе. Никаких сверкающих ветрин Дьюти Фри. Все очень функционально. Туалеты из прошлого века, но чистые, и постояно есть женщина, которая следит за порядком. Еще с одним отличием Posted by david_irina in Namibia and South Africa | Mar 26, 2018
onwards to the capital!6 AM is very early, but to be honest, we were getting used to it. Although I could have easily stayed in bed a little bit longer, the urge of seeing the animals at the waterhole were more to my Posted by Ils1976 in Namibia | Jun 24, 2018
final hours on the African continentAfter getting up very early in the morning for the last couple of weeks, it was such a bliss knowing that on our final day here on the African continent we could sleep in. Today we had no program to Posted by Ils1976 in Namibia | Jun 24, 2018
an amazing last dayAlthough we could easily have slept in now that our tour was over, the both of us set our alarm clock at 7 AM so that we could say goodbye to the rest of our group in style. If I have to Posted by Ils1976 in Namibia | Jun 24, 2018
where the heck are those elephants !?Another early day was in front of us, but me and Tania didn't mind one bit. To be honest, once breakfast was over, we couldn't be on the road quick enough and I guess the rest of the group was Posted by Ils1976 in Namibia | Jun 24, 2018
bring on the animals!As the sun was rising, we quickly packed all of our stuff and had one more look that we didn't forget a thing, coz today another brand new and exciting day awaited us. A little after 7 AM we all finished breakfast, quickly Posted by Ils1976 in Namibia | Jun 24, 2018
meeting some lovely peopleWe woke up as the sun was rising and as soon as we got all our stuff together and walked towards the camping site, Rhyno awaited us with a big smile and got a more than delicious breakfast prepared for Posted by Ils1976 in Namibia | Jun 24, 2018

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