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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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Namibia – Kavango
Kavango is green. Green because the Kwango river crosses through the Kavango area on its way to the mighty Okavango delta in Botswana. Rivers are rare in Namibia. When you see road signs about rivers, you’ll normally only see a dry riverbed, where water may run once a year, if you’re lucky. However, in the north,…
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Namibia – The Red Line
The veterinary cordon fence (VCF), also called the Red Line, runs across Namibia and Botswana, separating the North from the South. It is a physical fence, with several control posts, where it’s checked that you do not transport meat or milk from cloven-hoofed animals (as cattle, buffalo, camels, sheep, goats, deer, and pigs) from north…
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Namibia – Star gazing
The bright stars. That was what amazed me the first time I landed in Namibia. The large stars and the smell of barbecue. As Windhoek is 1728 meters above sea level, the stars seems larger than in Norway, where I live. The sky appears darker and the stars clearer, as the light pollution is less.…
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