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Travelling off the beaten track, we found sandy backroads that skirted homesteads...
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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, Namushasha River Lodge, africa, Gondwana Collection, gondwana lodges, follow my footsteps, Guest Blogger, Namushasha, namutoni, game reserve no2, halali, bushman, okaukuejo, sandgrouse, Ron Swilling
What more can I say. Etosha has a character unlike any other national park I have...
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... will you bless my life?
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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, Namushasha River Lodge, caprivi, africa, Gondwana Collection, Kwando River, bwabwata national park, gondwana lodges, follow my footsteps, Guest Blogger, phragmites, Namushasha, hippo, giraffe, botswana, elephant territory, buffalo, wildebeest, lechwe, tsessebe, birdlife, Ron Swilling, ron swilling
After a soak in a hot tub (there is water in this part of Namibia!), I found my tarnished...
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When you see those ‘Welcome to Bwabwata National Park’ and elephant caution signs after...
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I strolled over to the living museum, passing water-lilies growing in the floodplains and...
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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, okavango river, africa, Gondwana Collection, gondwana, gondwana lodges, follow my footsteps, kavango, Guest Blogger, river queen, hakusembe, jacanas, hakusembe lodge, phragmites, lily pads, hakusembe river queen, Ron Swilling, ron swilling, hakusembe river lodge
Pandu zonene - ‘Thank you very much’. I learnt these two Kavango words today on a morning...
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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, Namibia Tourism Expo, africa, biltong, gondwana, conservation, gondwana lodges, follow my footsteps, windhoek, himba, Guest Blogger, dis nou vergenoeg, plaas japie, gondwana stand, etosha boys, conservation management, boerewors, devil's claw tea, namibia breweries, hartlief, desmond breedt, spit-braai, dankbaar, tranendal, swakop, weltvrede, fairs, pietie breedt, karakul rug-weaving, annual expo, Ron Swilling, ron swilling
After Swakop, it was back to Windhoek to overload the washing machine and most...
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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, dolphin beach, africa, langstrand, damara tern, harbour, gondwana lodges, follow my footsteps, walvis bay, breeding sites, Guest Blogger, Ron Swilling, ron swilling
The sun and blue sky finally appeared today, thanks to the gods, angels and all celestial...
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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, africa, gondwana lodges, Guest Blogger, diego cao, cape cross, henties bay, seals, steve bailey, cairo, guano collectors, cape town, united kingdom, cape fur seals, graves, wlotzkasbaken, uk, Ron Swilling
Cape Cross (and its seal colony), about 130km north of Swakopmund, was my destination for...
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Some days like today just seem like play days, when everything is fun from the morning...
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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, africa, gondwana lodges, follow my footsteps, windhoek, Guest Blogger, spitzkoppe, usakos, San, Bushmen, karibib, gallery, anita steyn, my hunter's heart, artist, spitzkoppe village, pondok mountains, Ron Swilling, ron swilling
After a day in Windhoek, I had clean clothes, had done what was needed and was ready to...