Tuesday, May 10, 2011

NAMIBIA - wet and green


I am back in Africa and it feels great. Straight from the rush of Korea to the vast landscapes of Namibia.

Namibia has received lots of rain in the past months and what once was bare desert and barren country is now covered in lush grass fields and thick vegetation.

I had the opportunity to visit Namibia in September 2009 when I hitch hiked to the deserts edge and beyond (Slideshow of the previous trip). This time round I went with my parents, brother and Clementine in one fully loaded vehicle.
The five of us camped out under the stars and spent many hours in the car as we covered a big section of Namibia. Roughly 6000km through the second least densely populated country in the world – a big contrast to where I found myself only weeks before.
In two weeks we visited the south and its deserted landscapes, the Namib Desert under a green coat of grass and flowers, the west coast with its abundance of overweight holiday goers and up through Damaraland to the wet Etosha pan with all its wildlife.


















Scroll down for many more photos of; Kolmanskoppe, Sossusvlei, Damaraland, Etosha and more.