Having arrived yesterday, we’re in Swakopmund for two nights so we have today to play. On our way in yesterday we sat through a video presentation at Desert Explorers Adventure Centre which offered various forms of locally based diversions including:…
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To Swakopmund
In daylight this time, we said goodbye to Zebra River Lodge heading for Swakopmund. Zebra River Lodge is a lovely place to stay but its access roads add an hour on to the day’s travel time when arriving and when…
Posted in 2017 Namibia
Into the Dunes Addendum: Sesriem Canyon
I knew Sesriem Canyon was entirely forgettable and when I wrote that previous post I entirely forgot it. 😀 As we said goodbye to the high sand dunes and left the Namib-Naukluft National Park, before returning to Zebra River Lodge…
Posted in 2017 Namibia
Into the Dunes
Today is the main reason we are in Namibia; this was to be Francine’s highlight of the trip. The mountainous, startlingly orange sand dunes of Sossusvlei in the Namib-Naukluft National Park have been on her bucket list for some time.…
Posted in 2017 Namibia
Zebra River Lodge
Having arrived in the capital of Namibia, Windhoek, yesterday, and been met by our tour leader, Louis, we were now rested and ready to begin the tour proper. Inevitably being in a new country, today was likely to be a…
Posted in 2017 Namibia
Best Laid Plans
We’ve arrived in Windhoek, Namibia. Following our 11-hour South African Airways flight from Heathrow to Johannesburg, basically sleepless, then three hours at Johannesburg and a 90-minute onward flight, also on South African, to Windhoek, we’re feeling somewhat brain-dead. Our impression…
Posted in 2017 Namibia
Gastronomic Experiment
This gastronomic experiment was actually yesterday but the post would’ve been too long so here it is on what would otherwise be a slow news day. I always like looking at the seafood counters in Spanish (super)markets. The most interesting…
Posted in 2016 Xmas
Wildlife At Last
The first two weeks of this trip were plagued by floods, firstly a Gota Fria causing a raging torrent in the local river, secondly my nose continually dripping courtesy of an accursed cold that I imported from the UK and…
Posted in 2016 Xmas
Benidorm Bridge
Flying into Alicante airport, that’s where we pick up our rental cars. Being at an airport, the rental offices are generally open and, with the volume of business, there are generally quite a few cars. One lesson I’ve learnt is…
Posted in 2016 Xmas
Xmas Cocktail
Subtitle: Mixed Morning II. We arrived in Spain on 15th December and awoke on 16th to a colourful dawn and the news that two more units on our development had been broken into. Well, wha’d’ya know? Here we were waking…
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