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Collection of 45 travel stories from Namibia. Written by your friends on the road.

Traveler rmalone

Pay to Kill Desert Elephants, or Save Them?
2009-10-11, Ugab River, Namibia. By: rmalone

[b] Special friends of ours sent a letter describing an adventure they have undertaken that we can believe in. Send some support if you can! [/b] ---------------------------------------------------...

 
Picture from story In the Footprints of Elephants :   More Ngepi Camp and Mahango Game Preserve

In the Footprints of Elephants : More Ngepi Camp and Mahango Game Preserve
2009-06-22, Caprivi Strip, Namibia. By: rmalone

More pictures from Ngepi Camp and Mahango Game Preserve One of the game drives we took into the Mahango Game Preserve was with our neighbors in the camp, Sig and May. He is an avid birder so was...

 
Picture from story Water monitor at Ngepi

Water monitor at Ngepi
2009-06-21, Caprivi Strip, Namibia. By: rmalone

This guy hung around and sunned at the waterfront area of our campsite while we fixed breakfast one morning, hoping to catch a little bird probably. There were plenty around! =====================...

 
Picture from story Ngepi Camp  fun, Mahengo Game Reserve Wildlife

Ngepi Camp fun, Mahengo Game Reserve Wildlife
2009-06-20, Caprivi Strip, Namibia. By: rmalone

Ngepi Camp fun, Mahengo Game Reserve Wildlife Ngepi is still one of our favorites! The atmosphere is very relaxed yet the staff are there ready to help if you need something. They have worked ve...

 
Traveler abrookdg

Lizards 1, Aaron 0
2008-06-18, Etosha National Park, Namibia. By: abrookdg

Hey friends. We are having a great time. This is just a quick update because it looks like we won't have internet for a few days. Last night we were able to hang out with tame Cheetah's, then watc...

 
Picture from story Sand Sand and more Sand

Sand Sand and more Sand
2008-06-13, Swakopmund, Namibia. By: travelalex

I have never seen so much sand before, nor have I never had to eat so much of it, but Namibia is just one gigantic desert. I wonder what prompted the Germans to go “This bit! This pile of sand is the...

 
Picture from story Namibia and all of its ammenities

Namibia and all of its ammenities
2008-06-14, Swakopmund, Namibia. By: abrookdg

7 days ago we shouldered our packs and climbed into our overland truck with 22 others - people from US, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, Australia and one Spaniard. We've spent our time so far in north So...

 
Traveler geerty14

5: Estelle
2008-05-30, Windhoek, Namibia. By: geerty14

Greetings Family! Friends! Prayer supporters! Generous givers! Lovers of God who are declared RIGHTEOUS in God's sight through faith in Jesus Christ! This entry discloses MY LAST DAY, May 30th, in Win...

 
Traveler Geerty14

4: To Johannesburg!
2008-05-29, Windhoek, Namibia. By: Geerty14

Hello all, Be encouraged! Christ is ALIVE and moving in our world! "This same Good News that came to you is going out ALL OVER THE WORLD. It is [b]bearing[/b] [b]fruit[/b] [b]everywhere[/b] by c...

 
Picture from story 3: The

3: The "Family"
2008-05-24, Swakopmund, Namibia. By: geerty14

Hey Everyone! I am alive and well. The earth is as red in Namibia, as it is in Cambodia! I have uploaded some pictures to accompany this journal entry, so that you can see what I see and love who ...

 
Traveler geerty14

2: From the Airport to Namibia
2008-05-21, Windhoek, Namibia. By: geerty14

I'M ALIVE! Hey Everyone! So sorry for the delay in contact...hopefully you weren't too worried mommy (& mommies plural)...i have been doing a LOT of traveling. This was my first opportunity to use...

 
Picture from story Brenda, wonderful lady from Katima Mulilo

Brenda, wonderful lady from Katima Mulilo
2007-08-07, Katima Mulilo, Namibia. By: rmalone

Got on the Intercape Mainliner and found our seats. The bus is very nice. Four seats, two facing front, two facing back with table in between. The windows are very large and the seats recline! Robe...

 
Picture from story Ngepi Camp, Namibia,  The best of the Caprivi Strip

Ngepi Camp, Namibia, The best of the Caprivi Strip
2007-07-28, Caprivi, Namibia. By: rmalone

The best of the Caprivi Strip - Ngepi Camp July 29-August 6 As we were packing up and leaving Drotsky's camp, we had the invasion of the "things snatchers" or better known as vervet monkey's! We ...

 
Traveler cpexton

Independence Day Part II
2007-03-22, Oshakati, Namibia. By: cpexton

So, picking up where I left off... hiking is interesting. I have had a few interesting hiking experiences, involing sitting in the back of pickup trucks, or being jammed bewteen into a five inch space...

 
Traveler cpexton

Independence Holiday Part 1
2007-03-21, Oshakati, Namibia. By: cpexton

In this entry I'll talk about my trip up to the Northern border of Namibia that I took during a five-day holiday weekend for Namibia's independence day (March 21st). Independence day is an event t...

 
Picture from story namibia

namibia
2007-04-29, windhoek, Namibia. By: chrisguy

places visited: - windhoek - otjiwarongo - tsumeb - mokuti - okaukuejo - hobatere - opuwo - twijfelfontein - cape cross - swakopmund - sossusvlei

 
Traveler the_goose

The rally of namibia
2006-03-31, Swakopmund, Namibia. By: the_goose

Hello All, well I'm now coming to the end of my stay in country number seven, Namibia and to be honest it has been a revalation. The countries size is staggering and it is only populated by only ...

 
Traveler cpexton

Hello from Windhoek
2006-02-10, Windhoek, Namibia. By: cpexton

I'm in the capital city of windhoek for the weekend and unfortunatly the internet cafe I'm at doesn't have CD drives so I can't post my journal entry and I'll have to write a really quick letter... ...

 
Picture from story Victoria Falls and Namibia Safari

Victoria Falls and Namibia Safari
2005-11-04, Sossusvlei, Namibia. By: meaghan

Saturday morning I slept in while Jamie and MC went to check out Victoria Falls. They left to catch a flight to Cape Town right after, so I was alone again, waiting for Kate and Jana to meet me at the...

 
Traveler cpexton

First weeks of School
2006-01-20, Gobabis, Namibia. By: cpexton

19 January 2006 (Sorry about the random text mistakes, this computer has issues) Well, the new school y ear has finally started. I'm just out to finish up my first full week of teaching and ...

 
Traveler cpexton

Christmas in Omaruru
2006-01-03, Omaruru, Namibia. By: cpexton

25 December 2005 Merry Christmas! Hope everyone is enjoying your holiday wherever you are. Christmas is definitely different in the Southern Hemisphere. It feels more like the fourth of July. It’s...

 
Picture from story Namibia...plenty of elbow room.

Namibia...plenty of elbow room.
2005-11-24, Windhoek, Namibia. By: hmakwana

A place I have wanted to go to for a great many years. I was not to be disappointed. The landscape changed abruptly as we crossed the border from South Africa to Namibia, from beautiful to surreal....

 
Traveler cpexton

Community Based Training
2005-12-24, Otjimbingwe, Namibia. By: cpexton

24 December, 2005 I know it has been awhile, but I haven’t had access to the internet for almost a month. The reason being is that I at my CBT (community based training). That’s the section of tra...

 
Traveler cpexton

Omaruru Day 1
2005-11-13, Omaruru, Namibia. By: cpexton

Last night seemed more like a summer camp then the Peace Corps. Most of us stayed up into the night socializing, playing cards games or playing guitar on the patio in front of the cafeteria on a bunch...

 
Picture from story Do I qualify as public transportation?

Do I qualify as public transportation?
2005-09-21, Katima Mulilo, Namibia. By: rmalone

Before I continue with the story, there are few items I left out. The village that most of the employees of Ngepi are from are members of the Hambukushu tribe. Christopher, the guide is the most voc...

 
Picture from story Ngepi Camp locals, attempt #2

Ngepi Camp locals, attempt #2
2005-09-16, Divundu, Namibia. By: rmalone

This is a second attempt of the continuation of our stay at Ngepi. I managed to save the wrong story working off notepad and so will have another go. The last thing I wrote was "how is the water...

 
Picture from story Ngepi Camp Locals

Ngepi Camp Locals
2005-09-11, Divundu, Namibia. By: rmalone

`This is continuation of our stay in Ngepi camp. We are reading about news of Rita and hope all is well. We will have to wait and read more up to the date information. Our next adventure at Ngepi w...

 
Traveler rmalone

Rundu to Divundu with ease and excitement
2005-09-05, Divundu, Namibia. By: rmalone

We had a great time at the birders paradise of N'Kwazi camp on the Kavango river accross from Angola, and on our last morning there we said goodbye to Valerie and Wynan, the owners. Valerie took us o...

 
Picture from story More Pictures from Etosha NP  the hostel in Tsumeb

More Pictures from Etosha NP the hostel in Tsumeb
2005-08-25, Tsumeb, Namibia. By: rmalone

Look for a few more pictures on this date from a few weeks back when we were in Namibia. Thanks to Mark of Ngepi for saving all the floppies to a CD!

 
Picture from story a cola in Angola?

a cola in Angola?
2005-08-31, Rundu, Namibia. By: rmalone

As we write this we are in far northern Namibia on the Angola border just accross the croc infested river, camping the NKwazi tropical lodge near Rundu . We won be swimming over to Angola, but do ho...

 
Picture from story and from stage left, a scream....Elephants at Etosha!!!

and from stage left, a scream....Elephants at Etosha!!!
2005-08-25, Tsumeb, Namibia. By: rmalone

Finally hear elephant scream in the wild! Whoa! So off to Etosha in our rental car. Derek the hostel owner did not believe we could fit everything in but we did! A little bit about Etosha in gen...

 
Picture from story Safari---Costly Car Rental,  National Park Fees

Safari---Costly Car Rental, National Park Fees
2005-08-25, Tsumeb, Namibia. By: rmalone

The hostel manager just told me that the car we rented, a jeep like Subaru, is not really insurable, and that if we hit an animal or something like some of his guests did recently we will have to pay ...

 
Picture from story Tsumeb to Safari !!!!

Tsumeb to Safari !!!!
2005-08-19, Tsumeb, Namibia. By: rmalone

Our last night in Windhoek was quite an experience! An overland bus with 22 people on board arrived. That was fine--only problem is they are doing repairs on one of the bathrooms and so there was on...

 
Picture from story World's Largest Dunes

World's Largest Dunes
2005-08-19, Windhoek, Namibia. By: rmalone

On Friday the 19th we rented a car (not cheap here) and drove to Sousselvei (the giant sand dunes of Namibia). The girl at the rental place recommended to route we take. We did GREAT driving on the ...

 
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the day after the last one
2005-01-02, Namibia, Namibia. By: the_katie

A two day entry shoved into one. I'm so lazy. So I didn't write last night because I am a lazy ass. I have time before we scoot off to the KGB mueseum though. Yesterday we played tourist. We took a...

 
Picture from story Natures playground

Natures playground
2005-01-20, Swakopmund, Namibia. By: jenandmark

Namibia 20/1/2005 The drive from etosha took us down the desolate skeleton coast to the town of Swakopmund. Swakopmund was a great activity town, it was a playground. After taking time to look ar...

 
Picture from story Spitzkopper to Etosha

Spitzkopper to Etosha
2005-01-20, Etosha National Park, Namibia. By: jenandmark

Namibia 20/1/2005 Namibia is a spectacular country. The scenery is fantastic and on one of our first nights in the country we stopped at Spitzkopper, a large rock formation in the north east of th...

 
Traveler frankieboy

ROAR
2004-08-27, Etosha National Park, Namibia. By: frankieboy

Webster’s defines winter as: - the season between autumn and spring comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of December, January, and February or as reckoned astronomically extendin...

 
Traveler ontra

trip plans
2004-07-24, Windhoek, Namibia. By: ontra

in the way of keeping you posted as to whereabouts... I leave back to Sth Africa tomorrow, then to Swaziland on Monday. To Maputo, Mozambique when I'm tired of Swazi. Back to SA on Aug 3rd. Will st...

 
Traveler ontra

hair disaster
2004-07-24, Windhoek, Namibia. By: ontra

Just got me hair cut (the irish, ehhehe). It's horrible!!!! My hair was turning to straw in the desert (and by the way, no amount of moisturizer works against the hot african desert sun, even in the ...

 
Traveler ontra

Things I've learned thus far in Africa...
2004-07-24, Africa, Namibia. By: ontra

-ALWAYS carry your own roll of toilet paper. -Smiling solves most language barriers. -There were 247 steps from upper to middle campus at UCT. -Americans always get ripped off when bargaining with ...

 
Traveler ontra

"Look! There's one of those little dics...
2004-07-17, Africat Farm, Namibia. By: ontra

said I in a bus full of proper English tourists while speaking of a Damara Dik Dik, the smalles antelope in the world.

 
Traveler ontra

Back from Safari
2004-07-24, All over Namibia, Namibia. By: ontra

Interneting much more sporadic now. Am in Windhoek, Namibia right now. I returned from the desert yesterday. Traveled up to Etosha Game Reserve where I saw elephants! my favorite animal! Saw an ent...

 
Traveler nickvdp

Swakopmund Part 2
2004-05-26, Swakopmund, Namibia. By: nickvdp

Well survived the aerobatic flight inspite of Trina slipping the pilot a little extra to get rid of me. Taking a day out while Trina goes dune buggying and hopefully be sandboarding this afternoon (w...

 
Traveler nickvdp

Vic Falls, Botswana, Namibia
2004-05-17, Harness Animal Sanctuary, Namibia. By: nickvdp

Hey guys, well finally getting close to civilisation so will be able to download some photos (finally). It's been a fairly long stretch since the last update: Day 30 - Vic Falls - Gorgeswing ...

 


 
 

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