Magnificent Namibia - February 28 to March 13, 2009
MARCH 9 - 12, 2009:
Random Sites Including the
Skeleton Coast, Solitaire and Windhoek
During our many hours in our Land Rover, we noted that the names of Namibian towns and sites blend
the country's
German, Afrikaans/Dutch and British colonial past with indigenous languages. We
also observed bizarre road signs,
an abandoned ship wreck, a huge seal colony, many bad roads, and other strange
things along the way.
Go to
Namibia_1 to see the !San Bushmen.
Namibia 2 to see
naked women and desert-adapted elephants.
Namibia 3 for Sossusvlei
and Namib-Naukluft Desert.
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| (Above) Wood
from Quiver trees is used for arrow quivers. |
(Above) Uplift
of Tectonic plates created this geology. |
(Above)
Standing at the latitude of Capricorn in Namibia. |
(Above L) Typical road sign warning of flooded road ahead (Above R). |
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| (Above) Sign
warns of gravel road ahead, on the outskirts of Swapkomund. |
(Above L) Danger signs indicated many different road conditions:
extra curvy and/or steep to (Above C) the road broken off. (Above R) As Carolyn and Wendy examine that the road actually dropped away due to a prior set of floods, we thought that the family in the cart (Above Far R) may have had the right idea for travel in the area! |
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(Above L) Some
signs are just silly though the |
(Above L & R) The "town" of Solitaire mostly consisted of broken cars, cactus, a general store and a few human residents plus many desert critters, e.g., beetles, squirrels, etc. |
(Above) Some
signs are just ironic. Rostock Ritz was a roadside cafe... |
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| (Above) The
Skeleton Coast was well known for shipwrecks though we only saw one. |
(Above L to R) We visited the largest seal colony we'd ever seen:
thousands of seals posing for the cameras, jockeying for the best rocks, swimming in the breakers, warming in the sun, and cuddling babies and youngsters. |
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(Above L) Wendy and Carolyn discuss the "best location." (Above R) then we must return the necessary equipment. |
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Handmade dolls in Herero and other Damara tribes' colorful hats & dresses. |
(Above) We
shut the door of the Land Rover in which we spent 10 days! |
(Above) Wendy,
Carolyn, and Rosta our guide in Namibia, say farewell. |
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