The Story of the Lilac Breasted Roller
The Lilac Breasted Roller, LBR to those in the know, is one of the most beautiful birds on the planet, indigenous to the southern portions [...]
Kalahari San Peoples
Part of visiting another country is understanding their culture, their roots. We ate home-cooked German-Namibian foods (not so good), obeyed their laws (car guards, squirt [...]
The Waiting Game
The Waiting Game Rarely (if ever) is the picture perfect scene of an iconic location ready for me to walk up and "click" my photo. [...]
Quiver Trees
The German Empire ruled Namiba from 1884 to 1915, calling it "German South West Africa". In typical German fashion, they established a strict set of [...]
Big Cats of the Kalahari
The Kalahari Desert conjures up images of red sand dunes, dry rivers, wispy grasses, and BIG cats. Although the Kalahrai Park is now called the [...]
It’s All About the Hair!
Himba: Hair is Power Although there are many native tribes in Namibia, the Himba capture the iconic image with the women's red plated hair. A [...]
The Black Rhino
Black Rhinoceros or Hook-Lipped Rhinoceros or Diceros bicornis. It does not matter what you call it, it is immense, not black, has two horns, and [...]
The General and the Cheeky Teens
The General I first caught site of him at the tree-line in the distance looking a bit like a large white domed rock. Solid and [...]
At the Waterhole
It was mid-day, hot, arid, needing a break, we decided to rest at one of Etosha's waterholes. We had stopped a few waterholes during our [...]
Discovering Diamonds at Kolmanskop
Kolmanskop Kolmanskop was one of the richest towns in Africa during its heyday of diamond mining. Diamonds were so common they could be picked out [...]