We have had a lot of adventures since we have come to live in Namibia.
Here are some photos of favourite places. You can see us …
1. In the Namib Desert, halfway up Dune 7, one of the highest sand dunes in the world. We all got to the top, though Mum was last.
2. At Victoria Falls, in Zambia, on the Zambezi River. It was HUGE and the spray soaked us all. While we were in Zambia our Dad went white-water rating on the Zambezi and our Mum rode on a African elephant! On a photo below you can see us horseriding along the Zambezi where we saw the giraffe!
3. In Windhoek, where the world’s biggest surviving meteorite shower is displayed, and
4. Near Grootfontein, at the Hoba Meteorite; the largest existing one in the world.
5. At the Skeleton Coast, where many ships have been shipwrecked and their skeletons lie on the sand.
6. On a zipline in Zambia where Caris and I were pushed out over a very deep gorge. It was way cool and we both went two times!
7. Just over the border in Angola … without passports! We live near the border and climbed over a broken fence for a photo!
8. Near Opuwo, where the Himba people live. They still dress the same way they did 100 years ago! We gave this lady a lift in the car and the red stuff they put on their body (ochre and fat) got onto the car seats and onto Caris! There is hardly any water where they live and they have to carry it a long way so don’t ‘waste’ water by washing!!
9. Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa, where many skeletons of now-extinct animals have been found. (see also us below in a cave photo)
10. On the Kavango River where we saw hippos but no crocs! But we saw some a few days later on the Zambezi.
In case you do not recognize some of the animals in the other photos, they are:
Lion cub, giraffe, baby ostrich, warthog, chameleon, Vervet (or Green) Monkey, baby croc and brown house snake.
With this post you can see some photos of interesting PLANTS we have visited.
The hollow baobab tree was used in the olden days for the Kwambi tribe to hide their women and children when people came raiding from the nearby Kwaludhe tribe. In the war for independence, it was used as a prison by the South Africans and now it is a little church!
The most bizarre species found in Namibia's desert is the Welwitschia plant. A dwarf tree which lives for 2000 years or longer, specimens of average size are 500-600 years old. In its lifetime the plant produces a single pair of leaves which grow from opposite sides of the stem. Blackened by the sun and torn by the wind, the leaves are soon reduced to a tangle of strips which look like lots of individual leaves. Cone like flowers first appear at the age of 20. The Welwitschia is only found in Namibia and one of the rarest plants in the world.
