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World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas

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  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 57 Fish River Canyon to Gariep River, South Africa

    Wednesday 17 January 2018. Photos.
    Highlights: Getting into South Africa

    Today we moved into South Africa the final country of this trip and tour. The landscape started having subtle changes, there were still desert areas but occasionally green patches started and definitely near dams wineries. The dry heat was starting to fade into just heat as the climate slowly changed, still you don’t want to get caught in direct sunlight without water. Just before the border we stopped off for some shopping an got to seeing thatch huts for the locals.

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  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 56 Sesriem to Fish River Canyon, Namibia

    Tuesday 16 January 2018. Photos.
    Highlights: Fish River Canyon

    Today we faced a 600 km drive across Namibia. Despite this and the at times very bumpy drive the time appeared to fly as we got to watch the amazing harsh landscape in front of us and the occasional animal that somehow survives in this environment.

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  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 55 Sesriem and Deadvlei, Namibia

    Monday 15 January 2018. Photos.
    Highlights: Climbing Dune 45, Hiking to Deadvlei (the Dead Valley), Namib-Naukluft Park Canyon

    An early morning pickup from my hotel just before 6 am so we could get into the National Park the moment they opened the gates which was critical to avoid the worst of the sun and heat in the desert across the day. Our driver got us though the traffic and to Dune 45 before most of the other vehicles that were in the line ahead of us.

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  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 54 Swakopmund to Sesriem, Namibia

    Sunday 14 January 2018. Photos.
    Highlights: Flamingos, Luna Rock formations, Tropic of Capricorn

    Today was a long travel day but that doesn’t mean we didn’t get to see and experience more of this unique country. About 5 minutes out from Swakopmund the temperature rose quickly and never really dropped under 30 for the rest of the day and night. I know they say in the desert the temperature can drop quickly but it didn’t during my visit.

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  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 53 Swakopmund, Namibia

    Saturday 13 January 2018. Photos.
    Highlights: Dolphin Cruise, Fork n Nice (Fish & Chips vendor)

    Today I had selected a dolphin cruise option for my stay in Swakopmund and three tour members joined me; Gaelle, Rita and Isabelle. As we were being picked up at 8 am our crew organised for lunch at 7.30 am. It turned out the tour operator was running late and had to sent a personal driver instead of the bus to pick us up. The 20 minute drive to the port / pier still meant we got their in time for the 9 am sailing time.

    While this was called the Dolphin Cruise there is never a guarantee of dolphins and today we did miss out on them but instead we got wonderful seals including some who boarded our boat and we got to interact with. I even got to pat two of the very friendly ones 🙂

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