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Namibia – Swakopmund and Walvis Bay
The beach resort Swakopmund is where I lived one year in the late 90’s and where I still have good friends. It was such a treat to be back, so I really just wanted to stay there for weeks. Swakopmund has a wonderful city-beach that people in the summer months, and especially around Christmas-time, which…
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Namibia – Desert elephants and Twyfelfontein rock engravings
The road between Etosha and Swakopmund had an amazing beauty. The colours of the landscape shifted between yellow, red, pink, green and brown and black. Namibia is very rich in minerals and mining is one of the main sources of income for the country. Along the road, we saw people selling precious stones and handcrafted…
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Namibia – Western Etosha to Dolomite
The western part of Etosha national park was unexplored territory for us. This part used to be closed for tourist before and only opened up around 2014. We started the westward journey at the Etosha pan, around along Wolfsnes. We had quite low expectations, as we had seen few animals the day before, due to…
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Namibia – Etosha – Okaukuejo to Halali
Okaukuejo is my favourite camp in Etosha National park. Its large waterhole is floodlighted at night and it is usually full of different animals coming in turns to drink. You can follow the Okaukuejo live-view webcam to see what is going on there throughout day and night. This time in Okaukuejo was quite a different…
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Namibia – finally back in Windhoek
What a treat to see Namibia again! Outside the airport, the landscape was shining green and bright due to all the rain that had arrived the last month. Quite a different view to what I have seen before. We picked up our rental car and headed for the city of Windhoek. Windhoek Windhoek is a…
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Norway – Øygarden winter wonderland
The last week it has been snow in western Norway, in Øygarden where I live. I’m normally not a winter person, but as the winter here in western Norway often are dark and rainy, the sunny, white days coming together with the snow, often feels like a blessing. Tur at Turøy Today, we took our…
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