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People
Himba boy
Sesfontein
Namibia
August 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
San
Kalahari
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Jedi san
Kalahari
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Himba woman
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Himba doll and women
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Girl singing
Drummer boy
Damara Living Museum
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Damara man
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Checking out my business card
Damara Living Museum
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
c.f.
Cards
Damara Living Museum
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Living museum
Damara Living Museum
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Himba child
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Himba hair
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Himba hair
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob and Himba child
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Coated child
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Himba herder
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Himba women
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Boy with cataract
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Himba connections
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob and Himba woman
Namibia
August 11, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob and Herero woman
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Hanging with mom
Herero market
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
In the market
Bob and San
Kalahari
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Archery lesson
Archery
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Arching
Archery
Kalahari
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Mammals
Cheetah face
Ready
Cheetah
Cheetah Conservation Fund
Namibia
August 14, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
String toy
Cheetah
Cheetah Conservation Fund
Namibia
August 14, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Cheetah
CCF
Namibia
August 14, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Cheetah
CCF
Namibia
August 14, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Tussle over food
Cheetah
CCF
Namibia
August 13, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Cheetah in pin form
Cheetah
CCF
August 13, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Lioness
Lion
Lioness
Stride of the pride
Lions head
Generating some dust
Lion prints
Lion (Panthera leo)
Hoanib Valley
near Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
The leopard's spots
Aardvark
Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
Family: Orycteropodidae
Order: Tubulidentata
Kalahari
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Rooting
Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
Family: Orycteropodidae
Order: Tubulidentata
Kalahari
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Ants. Yum.
Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
Family: Orycteropodidae
Order: Tubulidentata
Kalahari
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Zebra drinking
Zebra
Etosha
Namibia
August 15, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Zebras drinking
Zebra
Etosha
Namibia
August 15, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Stripes
Zebra
Zebra
2 zebra
The mane zebra
Rhino
Mom and babe
Rhino
Charge
Starting quito a distance away, this rhino engaged in a full-on charge at the bus.
When it became clear that he was not going to stop,
Willem deftly started the bus and pulled away in time to avert a disaster.
4 giraffe
6 giraffe
Giraffes necking
Giraffe
Etosha
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
While this looks like an amiable scene,
these giraffes were engaged in a pretty serious and extended fight for dominance.
Giraffe drinking
Spots mark the X
Choreographed combat
Giraffes and guineafowl at the waterhole
Dassie
Sweet badger
Garbage badger
Springbok drinking
Springbok
Etosha
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Springbok approaching
Springbok
Etosha
Namibia
August 14, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Steenbok
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 14, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Steenbok
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 14, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Dik dik
Dik dik ()
Etosha
Namibia
August 15, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Female dikdik
Dik dik
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Oryx
Oryx wading
Oryx
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Eland walking
Eland
Kalahari
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Eland sitting
Eland
Kalahari
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Sand sitting
Wildebeest
Kalahari
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Wildebeest drinking
Wildbeest
Kalahari
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Wildebeest
Wildbeest
Kalahari
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Waterbuck
Waterbuck
Waterbuck
Kudu reflection and shadow
2D kuru
Kudu in shirt form
Ellie drinking
Ellie
Ellie troop
Confident strut
Ellie drinking
Splash
Desert adapted
Elephants at the waterhole
Mongoose
Mongoose
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Mating mongeese
Mongoose
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Mating mongeese
Mongoose
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Mating mongeese
Mongoose
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Mongoose
Mongoose face profile
Mongoose
Etosha
Namibia
August 15, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Mere
Kat
Warthog sign
Baboon ride
Baboons
Squirrel
Squirrel heaven
Rocky
Jackal
Jackel and pinnipeds
Jackal imprinted
Pup
Hyena
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Pup
Hyena
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Fate is sealed
Cape fur seal
Cape Cross
Namibia
August 23, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Thigotropism
Sun worship
Monumental
Nursing
Colony
All lined up
Surfing
Placenta
Porcupine quill
Stuffed pangolin
Stuffed pangolin
Stuffed pangolin scales
Kid
Worth his salt
Goats take a lickin'
Salt
Himba goat nursing
Kid face
Coddled dog
Dogs
CCF
Namibia
August 13, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Spiral dog tail
Dogs
CCF
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Cows in cars
Cow
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Birds
In a thrush
The caped wagtail
Book maker
Pigeon
Rocky
Laughing
Sitting dove
Kori
Male Korhaan
Female Korhaan
Ruficrista
Ro - discussing infectivity
C/2R
Wearing the crimson
The crimson pride
The shrike strikes south
Walk like an Egyption
Avian love
 frans indongo 08-12-2018 Canon EOS 7D Mark II.jpg)
Pied crow
Raise the rufous
Causing a rufus
Flamingos
Flying banana
Hornbill
Goshawk
Goshawk close
Go away
Grey go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor) - grey lourie
Family: Musophagidae (turacos, go-away-birds, plantain-eaters)
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Go away
Grey go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor) - grey lourie
Family: Musophagidae (turacos, go-away-birds, plantain-eaters)
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Go away / starlings
Grey go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor) - grey lourie
Family: Musophagidae (turacos, go-away-birds, plantain-eaters)
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
White-backed mousebird (Colius colius)
Family: Coliidae (mousebirds)
Order: Coliiformes (mousebirds)
Windhoek, Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
2 mousebirds
Mousing around
Male ostrich
Ostrich head
Ostrich egg
Starling
Starling
Starling
Burchell
Scraping bottom
Drongo confrontation
Drongo perched
Bird drinking
Bird drinking
()
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Safari Court
Windhoek, Namibia
August 11, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
()
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
The whites of his eyes
Gull with reflection and feather
Masked
Unmasked
Weaver watered
Lesser masked
Capable
Dusk arrives
Mahalo Mahali
Out of the barn
Owl face
Helmeted
Guinea fowl
Fowl feathers
Hanging guinea
Guineafowl ()
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Traktrak
Traktrak chat
Cape Cross
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Ant-eating chat
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Caught red-eyed
Complementary camouflage
Bee eater
Tawny
Stork at sunset
Storks at sunset
Burchell in flight
Sandgrouse at water's edge
Rolling along
Rolling down the desert
Spurfowl
Being frank
Great flight
Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Family: Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants and shags)
Cape Cross
Namibia
August 23, 2018
Canon 7D Mark II
Reptiles
Gecko
Creating a burrow
Disappearing
Gone
Gecko
Gecko
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Gecko
Gecko
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Step lightly
Chameleon with cigar
Zap
Agama
Agama
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Agama
Agama
Palmwag Lodge
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Agama
Agama
Palmwag Lodge
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Reticulated
Lizard close
Skink
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Skink
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Horned adder
Horned adder (Bitis caudalis)
Living desert tour
Near Swakopmund
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Chris' reptilian entry
Snake
Liz's snake
Crocodile
Crocodile bliss
Hysterical
Lurking
Croc in water
Croc approaching
Morelet's
Little leopard
Fish
Carpe Diem
Koi
Welwitschia bug on welwitschia plant
Nymph
Nymph
Desert ant
Ant trying to escape antlion funnel
Desert ant
Antlion
Fort Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Guineafowl?
Moth dance in mirror
Moth
CCF
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Racingstripe
When insects get punk
Cricket
Armored cricket (Acanthoplus discoidalis)
Family: Tettigoniidae
Rostock
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Cricket abdomen
Armored cricket (Acanthoplus discoidalis)
Family: Tettigoniidae
Rostock
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Carnivory
Armored cricket (Acanthoplus discoidalis)
Family: Tettigoniidae
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Mantis on safari
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Scorpion
Fluorescent scorpion
Scorpion
Fluorescent scorpion
Bugly
King of bugs
Darkling
Onymacris
Beetle (Onymacris langi cornelii)
Family Tenebrionidae - darkling beetles
Thanks to Alex Dreyer for help with the ID
Swakopmund
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Self-burial
Almost gone
Beetle tracks
Beetle in hand
Hoanib Valley
near Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Hoanib Valley
near Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Speak no weevil
Constrained
Beetle
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Beetle on bark
Naukluft Mountain
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Leptostethus marginatus - no common name
Family: Curculionidae
ID by Alex Dreyer
Living desert tour
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Camouflage
Hopper
Rock?
Toad grasshopper(Trachypetrella anderssonii)
Family Pamphagidae
ID by Alex Dreyer
Rostock, Namibia
August 26, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Camouflage
Hopper in hand
Toad grasshopper(Trachypetrella anderssonii)
Family Pamphagidae
ID by Alex Dreyer
Rostock, Namibia
August 26, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Close hopper
Toad grasshopper(Trachypetrella anderssonii)
Family Pamphagidae
ID by Alex Dreyer
Rostock, Namibia
August 26, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Spider
Spider
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Termination
Termites
On the road
Namibia
August 13, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August , 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Drawn to scale
Scale
On the road
Namibia
August 31, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Scaled down
Scale
On the road
Namibia
August 31, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Other inverts
Crab close
Crab
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
August 28, 282018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Jelly
Jelly
Walvis Bay
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Lichen
Lichen
Lichen
Cape Cross
Namibia
August 23, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Flora
Sabi stars
Sabi stars (Adenium obesum)
Family: Apocynaceae
Stars
Sossusvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Welwitschia
Welwitschia
Petrified forst
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Welwitschia leaves
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Welwitschia remnant
Resurrection
Resurrection
Resurrection
Unresurrected in situ
Quiver
Quiver tree leaves
Quiver tree bark
Quivering
Quiver tree bark
Quiver tree trunk
Quiver tree (Aloidendron dichotomum)
Family: Asphodelaceae
Order: Asparagales
Naukluft Mountain
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Quiver tree bark
Quiver tree (Aloidendron dichotomum)
Family: Asphodelaceae
Order: Asparagales
Naukluft Mountain
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob quivering
Grootberg pass
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Tree
Naukluft Mountain
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Mopane
Mopane
Hoanib Valley
near Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Poison!
White flower
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Red and yellow flower
()
Petrified forest
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Desert flower
Calicorema capitata
ID by Alex Dreyer
Gobabeb Research Station
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Desert flower
Yellow nectarcup (Codon schenckii )
Family: Boraginaceae (borage family)
Order: Boraginales
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Desert flower
Yellow nectarcup (Codon schenckii )
Family: Boraginaceae (borage family)
Order: Boraginales
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Codon decoded
Yellow nectarcup (Codon schenckii )
Family: Boraginaceae (borage family)
Twylefontein
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Spikey fruit
Newly processed - need sorting
Namibia
Etosha, Namibia
August 16, 2018
Fan palm
Falcon
Foldscopes
Oryx
Red poison-apple (Solanum humile)
Family: Solanaceae (nightshade, potato, tomato family)
Twylefontein
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Nightshade
Red poison-apple (Solanum humile)
Family: Solanaceae (nightshade, potato, tomato family)
Twylefontein
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Datura
Datura
Sandstorm
Sossusvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Acacia
Thorns in a handy size
Acacia
Safari Court
Windhoek, Namibia
August 11, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Acacia
Acacia
Safari Court
Windhoek, Namibia
August 11, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Palm trunk
Palm
Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Fluorescent flora
Soft Adventure Camp
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
In the light
Soft Adventure Camp
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Berries
Mustard bush (Salvadora persica)
Family: Salvadoraceae
Hoanib River Valley
Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Delicious
Mustard tree (Salvadora persica)
Family: Salvadoraceae
Hoanib River Valley
Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Pea
Pea
Living desert tour
Near Swakopmund
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Versus doughnuts
Dollar bush (Tetraena stapffii)
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Order: Zygophyllales
Living desert tour
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Dollar bush (Tetraena stapffii)
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Order: Zygophyllales
Living desert tour
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Dollar bush seed
Dollar bush (Tetraena stapffii)
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Order: Zygophyllales
Living desert tour
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Seed
Dollar bush (Tetraena stapffii)
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Order: Zygophyllales
Living desert tour
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Seeds
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Seed pods
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Feather seeds
Seeds
Sesrien Canyon
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Exotic
Golden
Lime basil
Lime basil (Ocimum americanum)
Family: Lamiaceae (mint family
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
The compulsion to deface
Fortunately it was a non-native cactus.
Cactus
Solitaire
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Tuft
Grass
Gobabeb
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Sesrien Canyon
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Sesrien Canyon
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Fellow travelers
Dynamic duo
Namibia
August 28, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Chris and his crab
Crab
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
August 28, 282018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Chris journaling
Crocodile Farm
Otjiwarongo, Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Checking out Chris' journal
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Journaling at the waterhole
Elizabeth and Chris
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Willem and Bob
Bob and the otariids
Cape fur seal
Cape Cross
Namibia
August 23, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Towering Bob
Scarlett and croc
Cole and croc
Cole and croc
Bob and croc
Bob with baby croc
Bob with baby croc
Laura, Bob, Liz, guide
Ochered Christina
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Scarlett and ostrich egg
Bob and ostrich egg
Towering figures
Ellie and Michelle
Halali tower, Etosha
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Ellie does the wave
Hoanib Valley
near Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Scarlett on the tower
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Scarlett in chair
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Ellie in the field
Honib Walley
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Note taking - Chris eye view
African elephant
Hoanib Valley
near Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob, Elizabeth, and 3 cheetahs
Christina and Bob
Sesrien Canyon
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Foldscope workshop
Foldscope delivery
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Microscopic awe
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Christina explains
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Engaged students
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Selfie
Foldscope workshop
Namutoni Fort
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Christina in the spotlight
Christina's presentations on Guns, Germs, and Steel
Namutoni Fort
Etosha, Namibia
August 16, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Christina's presentation
Christina's presentations on Guns, Germs, and Steel
Namutoni Fort
Etosha, Namibia
August 16, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Class in session
Christina's presentations on Guns, Germs, and Steel
Namutoni Fort
Etosha, Namibia
August 16, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Christina and mongoose
Banded mongoose
Namutoni, Etosha
Namibia
August 15, 2018
GoPro Hero6 Black
Bob in pool in cave
Waterkloof Trail
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
August 28, 282018
GoPro 6 Black
Bob goes tropical
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Group goes tropical
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Stanford in the pan
Namibia
August 15, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Guides and speakers
Group palmwagged
With Simson Uri-Khob and Jeff Muntifering
Palmwag Lodge
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Namibia group - petrified
With guide Theo
Petrified forest
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Welwitschia tutorial
Only 2 leaves
Welwitschia
With guide Theo
Petrified forest
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Hini
Etosha
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Hini with ele poop (and bomber)
Elephant
Hoanib Valley near Sesfortein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Etosha Ecological Institute
Gabriel with head rhino
Etosha Ecological Institute
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Group with Gabriel
Etosha Ecological Institute
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Group at CCF
Cheetah Conservation Fund
Namibia
August 13, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Group with Laurie Marker
Cheetah Conservation Fund
Namibia
August 14, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob and Laurie and Charles
Cheetah Conservation Fund
Namibia
August 14, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Group on the dune
Swakopmund
Namibia
August 23, 2018
GoPro Black 6
Small group at German church
Hini and students at monument
Hini pointing
Madelyn
Red shoes
Willem
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Willem loading
Palmwag Lodge
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Miracle worker
Willem
Palmwag Lodge
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Guide
Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Kücki explains
Rostock
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob and Hini
Windhoek, Namibia
August 31, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Bob and Hini with welcome drink
Final sundowner
Kalahari, Namibia
August 30, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Final sundowner
Kalahari, Namibia
August 30, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Bob, Stephanie, mongoose
Bob tastes the brew
Damara Living Museum
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Levitation
Bob
Namib
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob with Welwitschia
Wewitschia
Bob
Petrified Forest
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Bob with horns
Etosha Ecological Institute
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob with wire chameleon
Craft market
Windhoek, Namibia
August 11, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob at Grootberg
Grootberg
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Michelle
Damara Living Museum
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Stephanie with chameleon
Chameleon
Living desert tour
Swakopmund
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Eyes
Eyes
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Eyes
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Eyes
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Eyes
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Eyes
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
so
Twyfelfontein
Rock art
Rock art
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Elephant rock art
Rock art
Rock art
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Rock art
Rock art
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Rock art
Rock art
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Rock art
Rock art
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Art and guide
Rock art
Namibia
August 21, 2018
GoPro Black 6
Sossusvlei
Deadvlei
Deadvlei from Big Daddy
Sand
Sossusvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Deadvlei from above
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Deadvlei
Deadvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Mirage
Deadvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob mediates on Deadvlei
Deadvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Deadvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Tesselation
Deadvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Wow!
Deadvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Where Deadvlei meets Big Daddy
Deadvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Where Deadvlei meets Big Daddy
Deadvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Dunes
Sand
Sossusvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Big daddy
Sand
Sossusvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Jumping at the Summit
Big Daddy
Sand
Sossusvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Group at the Summit
Sossusvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Sand art
Big Daddy
Sossusvlei
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Dune
Namib Sand Sea
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
World heritage
Namib Sand Sea
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Desert irony
A magnet reveals how much of the Namib desert sand consists of iron.
Living desert tour
Near Swakopmund
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Horse bones
Horses died due to infectious disease outbreak - many by culling
Living desert tour
Near Swakopmund
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Sand
Sand
Living desert tour
Near Swakopmund
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Quartz and sand
Quartz
Sand
Living desert tour
Near Swakopmund
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Etosha
Okaukuejo
Observers at the waterhole
Elephant
Okaukuejo, Etosha
Namibia
August 14, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Namutoni
The fort
Waterhole pavilion from tower
Namutoni, Etosha
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Grootberg pass
Kelp our desert
Grootberg pass
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Gobabeb
Desert station
Gobabeb
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Sign
Gobabeb
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Gobabeb
Handprint action
Murals
Gobabeb Research Station
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Namibia ia a dry country
Gobabeb Research Station
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Dunes
Gobabeb Research Station
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Himba hut
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Himba circle
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Namibia joe
Coffee
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Hanging potjie
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Himba potjie
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Himba hut
Himba Village
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Damara Living Museum
Compound
Damara Living Museum
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Bubble
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Reflection
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Avian shadow
Twyfelfontein
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Geocache
Naukluft Mountain
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Geocache
Naukluft Mountain
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Geocache
Naukluft Mountain
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Geocache
Naukluft Mountain
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Landscapes
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Desertscape
Himba land
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Making strides
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Cracked mud
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Gobabeb
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Geology
Folded strata
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Near Swakopmund
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Sesrien Canyon
Sesrien Canyon
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Sesrien Canyon
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Interplay of light
Sesrien Canyon
Namibia
August 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Black Mountain
Black Mountain
Black Mountain Inselberg
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Organ pipes, Columnar Basalt
Organ pipes
Organ pipes, near Khorixas
Columnar basalt
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Organ pipes, near Khorixas
Columnar basalt
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Organ pipes, near Khorixas
Columnar basalt
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Organ pipes, near Khorixas
Columnar basalt
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Organ pipes, near Khorixas
Columnar basalt
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Henties Bay - Strathmore South "Dead Sea"
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Keep our dessert clean
Henties Bay
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Salt crystals
Henties Bay
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Salt
Plant
Henties Bay
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Plant
Henties Bay
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Laura
Henties Bay
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Bob and Chris
Henties Bay
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Petrified forest
Petrified
Petrified forest
Petrified wood
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Petrified wood with rings
Petrified forest
Petrified wood
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Petrified forest
Petrified forest
Petrified wood
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Welwitschia with petrified logs
Petrified forest
Petrified wood
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Rostock
Horizon
Rostock, Namibia
August 26, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Fence
Fairy circles
Fairy circles
Rostock, Namibia
August 26, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Rostock International Airport
Interior
Rostock, Namibia
August 26, 2018
Canon Olympus Tough TG-5
Sesfontein
Sign
Fort Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Goats at the gate
Goats
Fort Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Waterhole
Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
My room door
Fort Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Hoabib Valley
Hoanib
Hoanib Valley
near Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
River
Hoanib Valley
near Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Valley
Hoanib Valley
near Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
River run
Hoanib Valley
near Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
The red line
The red line
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Veterinary control point
The Red Line
Namibia
August 20, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Namib-Naukluft
Clear springs
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
August 28, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Landscape textures
Naukluft Mountain
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Swakopmund
Swakop sign
Swakopmund
Namibia
August 24, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Windhoek
German church
The Supreme
Supreme Court
Windhoek, Namibia
August 11, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Presidential monument
Broken chains
Statue
Windhoek, Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Their blood
Nujoma monument
Iron horse and white horse
Remarkable clouds
Market
In the market
Craft market
Windhoek, Namibia
August 11, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Meerkats on ostrich egg
c.f.
Eggs
Buffalo egg
c.f.
Eggs
Porcupine quills
Walvis Bay
Salt Mountain
Skeleton Coast
Shipwreck
Wrecks
Skeleton Coast
Namibia
August 23, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Shipwreck with cormorants
Wrecks
Skeleton Coast
Namibia
August 23, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Cape Cross
Cross at the Cape
Desert Landscape
Solitaire
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Dead car
Wrecks
Solitaire
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Dead vehicles
Wrecks
Solitaire
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Door
Hosea Kutako International Airport
Hosea Kutako International Airport
Food and drink
A herd of springbok at Joes
Crocodile lunch
As Namibian as apple pie
Solitaire
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Welcome juice
Palmwag Lodge
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Menu
Hudup Guest House
Maltahohe, Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Dessert biogeography
Desserts
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Dessert velvet
Desserts
Outjo, Kunene Region
>
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
On the road
Young boy - the bus - with Stanford group
Bus
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Grate Caterpillar
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Colorful beetle
Cars
Windhoek
Namibia
August 11, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Fire
Fire
Naukluft Mountain
Namibia
August 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Namibian color
On the road
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Dusty road
On the road
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Misc
Keychain relief
Zarek inscription
Elephantine keychain
Flag
Money
50
N20
Great white in stamp form
Roller in stamp form
Passport
Namibia
August , 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Wagging palms
Palmwag Lodge
Palms
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Pots
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Dried up
Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Instructions
Toilet
Palmwag Lodge
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Outlet
Namibia
August 18, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Liesle thank you
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Sun and moon and stars
Quiver tree and moon
Moonset
Moon
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Moonset
Moon
Namibia
August 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Kalahari sunset
Sun
Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Kalahari sunrise, the next morning
Sun
Namibia
August 31, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Galactic disk
Milky Way
The Milky Way
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Stars and people
The Milky Way
Frans Indongo
Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Namibia itinerary - August 10 - 31, 2018
August 5, 2018 - Day 1 - SFO to Dubai
- Wendy gave me a ride to the airport
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August 10, 2018 - Friday - Day 1 - Cape Town to Windhoek
- Christina gave me a ride to the airport
- Pick up at airport by Willem and taken to Safari Hotel, Windhoek
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August 11, 2018 - Saturday - Day 2 - Windhoek
- Meet several students for breakfast at the hotel
- Transport into town
- Craft market
- Himba market
- Walk up by supreme court, presidential monument
- Hotel Safari Windhoek
- Welcome dinner at Joe's Beerhouse
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August 12, 2018 - Sunday - Day 3 - Windhoek to Frans Indongo
- Breakfast at hotel
- Windhoek city tour
- Otjiwarongo - stop for lunch at crocodile farm
- Frans Indongo Lodge, Waterberg region
- Afternoon walk in the hills on the trails across the road from the lodge
- Photography around the grounds - birds and antelopes including waterbuck, rosy-faced lovebirds
- Climb observation tower around sunset
- Delicious dinner at the lodge
- Astrophotography with Christina
- Some of the students went back early and discovered they were locked out of the lodge grounds
- Stay for light painting with Christina, Maha, and Forrest
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August 13, 2018 - Monday - Day 4 - Frans Indongo to CCF
- Drive to CCF
- Dog training presentation
- Game drive game counts in separate vehicles
- Cheetah feeding
- Group had difficulty find their way back to the camp in the dark
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August 14, 2018 - Tuesday - Day 5 -
- Cheetah Run
- Meet with Laurie Marker - Q&A, followed by group pictures
- CCF to Etosha
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August 15, 2018 - Wednesday - Day 6 - Halali
- Early morning game drive - lions
- Moringa Waterhole, Halali, Etosha - elephants, zebra, springbok
- Namutoni Resort, Etosha East
- Lions mating
- Blood red sunset
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August 16, 2018 - Thursday - Day 7 - Namutoni, Etosha
- Early morning departure - at the gate prior to opening
- Game drive - water hole - maribou stork, jackals, tawny eagle, spotted hyena den with cubs
- Breakfast at Namutoni
- Waterhole to look for sandgrouse, sand on the wall but the viewing is not very good.
- Talk by Vilho Absalom, park ranger at the Namutoni Environmental Education Center on Namibian Education Program in Etosha
- Stanford banner picture at Etosha Ecological Institute
- Chris donated foldscopes to Vilho for the next day's workshop
- Mongoose encounter
- Afternoon game drive - springbok, giraffes, rhino, cheetah
- Namutoni Resort, Etosha East
- Christina's presentation on Guns, Germs, and Steel with drawing in the sand
- Discussion by the lodge pool
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August 17, 2018 - Friday - Day 8 - Namutoni to Toshari
- Breakfast at Namutoni
- Foldscope workshop with Namibian students and Vilho Absalom - at the Namutoni Fort
- Game drive - giraffes "necking"
- Climb Okaukuejo tower
- Game drive - leopard
- Rhino charged the bus
- Reitfontein watering hole - lion slowly ambling to the waterhole while other animals cleared a path
- Talk by Gabriel Shatambu at the Etosha Ecological Institute
- Stanford banner picture at Etosha Ecological Institute
- Drive to Toshari Lodge (Etosha Gateway), Etosha South
- Dinner at Toshari Lodge
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August 18, 2018 - Saturday - Day 9 - Toshari
- Breakfast at Toshari lodge
- Stop for gas
- Lunch and talk at Palmwag lodge
- Presentation by Save the Rhino Trust by Simson Uri-Khob and Jeff Muntifering (Jeff's son was there as well.)
- Stop to take pictures of The Red Line
- Toshari Lodge (Etosha Gateway), Etosha South
- Singers at dinner
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August 19, 2018 - Sunday - Day 10 - Sesfontein
- Lion at waterhole
- Wander the grounds at Sesfontein - flag, birds, cactus garden
- View from the tower
- Game drive in lodge safari vehicles
- Drive down Hoanib River bed - Egyptian geese, desert elephants
- Tasted mustard bush berries
- Dinner at Sesfontein
- Presentation by Elizabeth on the Himba and Ovambo
- Discover scorpion in discussion circle
- View with my UV light
- Discussion on the ethics of travel
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August 20, 2018 - Monday - Day 11 - Fort Sesfontein to Twyfelfontein
- Breakfast at Fort Sesfontein
- Himba Village - children, goats - salt lick, kids
- Tour inside one of the huts
- Circle of Himba women selling crafts
- Picnic lunch - armored cricket
- Petrified forest tour - guide Theo
- Welwitschia plants
- Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
- Evening discussion in Elen and Christina's room
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August 21, 2018 - Tuesday - Day 12 - Twyfelfontein
- Damara Living Museum - guide Rustan !uwuseb
- Twyfelfontein
- Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
- Black Mountain
- Organ pipes, near Khorixas - columnar basalt
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August 22, 2018 - Wednesday - Day 13 - Twyfelfontein to Cape Cross
- Drive to coast
- Visit area with flamingos and salt mines in Walvis Bay
- Visit beach to look for shipwreck - without success
- Henties Bay - Strathmore South "Dead Sea"
- Sunset beach walk
- Cape Cross Lodge, Skeleton Coast
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August 23, 2018 - Thursday - Day 14 - Cape Cross to Swakopmund
- Walk on the beach - birds and jackals
- Breakfast
- Talk and discussion by hotel general manager - Nadine Downing
- Lichen walk with Nadine
- Visit Cape fur seal colony - jackals (visit delayed to wait for morning culling.)
- Cross at Cape Cross
- Visit to shipwreck with cormorants and walk along beach
- Drive to Swakopmund
- Lunch at Lighthouse Restaurant - get coffee milkshake
- Dune walk with sundowers at the top of dune
- Dunedin Star Guest House, Swakopmund
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August 24, 2018 - Friday - Day 15 - Swakopmund
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Depart in two four-row safari vehicles from hotel
- Guides - Dan and Buzzy
- Living desert tour - Namib desert
- Field of horse bones from 1915 glanders outbreak
- Dune walk - began with geological history of the Namib desert
- horned adder, Namaqua chameleon, gecko, Tractrac chats
- Began Welwitchia Drive
- Lunch outside at picnic tables at Goanikontes Oasis - ordered milkshake
- Ellie's presentation on ecotourism - using design thinking
- Explore zoo of exotic animals at the Oasis
- Back on tour - off road, not the canonical Welwitschia Drive route
- Students raised the roof on the vehicle after checking with the driver
- Christina got a concussion when the canopy on the landrover dropped back down
- Maha assessed her condition
- Return early so Maha could take Christina to the hospital
- Dunedin Star Guest House, Swakopmund
- Stephanie's presentation on Afrotheria
- Daily summary by Stephanie
- Christina returned from the hospital with Maha
- Dinner in town - Swakopmund The Tug restaurant on the ocean
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August 25, 2018 - Saturday - Day 16 - Swakopmund to Rostock
- Breakfast at Dunedin Star
- Stop in Walvis Bay to take flamingo pictures
- Stop at Grootberg Pass for a break and to take pictures of quiver tree
- Gobabeb Desert Research Station - Nameb
- Talk by director
- Hike up into the dunes
- Photo at Tropic of Capricorn
- Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge
- Dinner at the Lodge
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August 26, 2018 - Sunday - Day 17 - Rostock to Soft Adventure Camp outside Sossusvlei
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Hike on Rostock property
- Game drive on Rostock property - fair circles
- Tour of water system
- Drive to Soft Adventure Camp - 18 kilometers south of Solitaire
- Michelle's presentation on Medicinal Plants of Namibia
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August 27, 2018 - Monday - Day 18 -
- Early morning departure
- Stop at Sossusveli Lodge to arrange lunch - get coffee
- Hike up Big Daddy - many desert chameleons
- Run down sand to Deadvlei
- Shuttle to Sossusvlei
- Owl
- Stop briefly at World Heritage maker
- Late lunch at Sossusvlei lodge
- Hardap region
- Night stroll with Christina and Stephanie - gecko
- Soft Adventure Camp - night 2
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August 28, 2018 - Tuesday - Day 19 -
- Namib-Naukluft Waterkloof Trail hike to blue pools
- Mark left the group without telling anyone - Forrest had go back and search for him
- Lunch at a beautiful pool on the trail
- Wading in the pool with Chris - crabs, frogs, tadpoles
- Hike back - rock dassies/hyrax
- Zebra River Lodge, Naukluft Mountains
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August 29, 2018 - Wednesday - Day 20 -
- Walk to quiver trees
- Amazing full moon set
- I discovered a geocache at the base of the quiver tree.
- Nama choir at lunch - Hudup Guest House, Maltahohe
- Zebra Kalahari Lodge and Spa, Mariental
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August 30, 2018 - Thursday - Day 21 - Kalahari
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- San demonstration - plants, animals, archery
- Late afternoon game drive - herds of giraffes, meerkats, aardvark, lioness,
- Final sundowner
- Dinner at the lodge
- Talent show
- Zebra Kalahari Lodge and Spa, Mariental
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August 31, 2018 - Friday - Day 22 - Kalahari to Windhoek to Cape Town to Dubai
- Early morning departure from lodge
- Market in Windhoek
- Say goodbye to Hini and some of the students
- Willem took a number of us in the bus to the airport
- Run into Rachel at the airport
- Huge security line, shrieking kids
- South African Airways Airlink - Windhoek to CPT
- CPT
- Emirates - CPT to Dubai
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September 1, 2018 - Saturday - Day 23 - Dubai to SFO to Palo Alto
- Emirates
- Wendy picked up Cole and myself
- Dropped Cole off at Wilbur Hall
- To bed quite early
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August 12, 2018 - "We're not in California anymore"
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August 13, 2018 - color
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August 14, 2018 - sounds
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August 15, 2018 - mammals
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August 16, 2018 - haikus
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August 17, 2018 - borders, edges, liminality
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August 18, 2018 - geology, rocks, inanimate nature
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August 19, 2018 - adaptation
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August 20, 2018 - culture
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August 21, 2018 - texture
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August 22, 2018 - water
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August 23, 2018 - birds
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August 24, 2018 - lichens, welwitschia, small desert animals
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August 25, 2018 - on the bus
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August 26, 2018 - rhymes and poems
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August 27, 2018 - sand
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August 28, 2018 - contrast
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August 29, 2018 -riddles
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August 30, 2018 - flora
Acknowledgments
As I look back on the adventure, it seems remarkable how many people played an important role in making this trip possible.
Importantly, I want to thank the students who participated in the prefield and field seminar -
and also to those who participated in the field seminar but were not able to travel with us to Africa.
I am most grateful to Yosefa and Morgan and the entire team at BOSP
who implemented and funded the experience,
and who provided immense resources, as well as logistical and moral supporting at all phases of the experience from planning to to execution to follow-up.
I am particularly indebted to the on-the-ground team in Namibia: Willem, Maha, Hini, and Forrest!
Following the trip, I would like to thank Alex Dreyer and Chiinga Siavwapa for their help with species identifications.
Fellow travelers
In-country team
- Forrest Glick - course assistant
- Hini Meinert - guide
- Willem Van Wyk - driver
- S. V. Mahadevan - emergency medicine physician
Students
- Cecilia Kei Atkins
- Madelyn Sabena Boslough
- Ellie A Chen
- Scarlett Guizhi Guo
- Cole Holderman
- Michelle Howard
- Christopher LeBoa
- Elizabeth Lindqwister
- Elen Mendoza
- Christina Styliani Savvides
- Stephanie Grace Sila
- Laura Elise Spielman
Related pages
Namibia 2016
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Namibia 2018
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Namibia prefield 2018
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Namibia connections
Sandgrouse
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Welwitschia
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Welwitschia bug
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