Sometimes when I travel I just really crave some craft beer, a cheeseburger and some live football on television, or just a chilled out pub to relax in. I didn’t really expect Namibia to delight me in gastronomic terms but it did in many ways. I was pleasantly surprised, from a delicious seafood platter in…
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On my last big trip (February 2020) as COVID was beginning, I toured seven African countries – South Africa, Angola, Zambia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. Although our first flight landed in Luanda, Angola – our first country to leave the airport on that trip was Namibia. I was here with two friends, Malina (from…
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“Slow cheetah come before my forest – looks like it’s on today. Slow cheetah come, it’s so euphoric no matter what they say” – Red Hot Chili Peppers. Years and years ago I read about cheetah watching in Namibia. It was a long term dream to see the world’s fastest mammal live and up close.…
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“Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon. They come and go. Oh ho. They come and go.” – Boy George. Windhoek will never make my list of world’s greatest capitals, nor Namibia a highly ranked country, however there was solace and some joy to be had during my time here, even in the largely neglected “fly…
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“It ain’t all bad as far as I can tell” – Noel Gallagher. Namibia is huge. Gaze at a map and you will see the sheer vastness of this African beast! It spans an area of 825,419 kilometres squared, yet houses just 2.5 million people – the same population as tiny Lesotho. Over the course of…
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