Namibia

  • NAMIBIA – The Book

    NAMIBIA – The Book

    It’s been over two months since returning from Namibia. The book is finally ready.  Feel free to click the link and view all the contents for free by then clicking the “Preview” button.  Go ahead.  Be brave…. http://www.blurb.com/b/9017001-n-a-m-i-b-i-ahttp://www.blurb.com/b/9017001-n-a-m-i-b-i-a

  • Pink Flamingoes and Sand Dunes At Walvis Bay, Namibia

    Pink Flamingoes and Sand Dunes At Walvis Bay, Namibia

    I was concentrating just on the flamingoes for this photograph when our fearless leader, Todd Gustafson said, “Look Up! Frame the whole thing.” Click on photo to see “The Whole Thing.”

  • The Himba Tribe

    The Himba Tribe

    The indigenous people of Northern Namibia are semi nomadic farmers.  They dress in traditional clothing with skirts made of calfskins and not much else except for traditional jewelry and sandles. The women covered themselves in an orange ochre/butter paste to keep themselves protected from the sun and clean as it is a very dry…

  • The Meerkat Pups at Play

    The Meerkat Pups at Play

    “Hey, You want to be my friend?” “Oh, I love your nose!” “I’d like to bite that nose.”

  • Chewing the Bone

    Chewing the Bone

    This big guy is practicing the strange art of osteophagy (the eating of bones). He’s doing this to add minerals such as calcium and phosphorus to his diet.

  • Back in Gear!!!

    Back in Gear!!!

    For those following the saga of my crashed external hard drive with all of the Namibian photographs, life has returned.  I spent most of the day yesterday with another wonderful 21 year old Indian man named Vinit Kumar who stayed on the line with me through thick and thin.  He was able to help…

  • Hungry Cheetah!!

    Hungry Cheetah!!

    We were on a farm somewhere in Namibia where the owners had rescued two young cheetahs whose mother had been killing other farmer’s livestock.  This was one of babies who is now about six years old. There are no barriers between the cheetah and me.  They are roaming freely in their own huge enclosure.…

  • Back from Namibia

    Back from Namibia

    It’s early Tuesday morning  July 17 and I’ve been back three days from a month long trip to Southern Africa.  We traveled by road some 3,500 miles from Uppington, South Africa, through Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Botswana and then spending close to three weeks exploring the absolute beauty of Namibia.  I have thousands and…