Tonight hippos are chuffing beneath the lodge on our last night in Namibia. I don’t want to leave, as I can’t imagine any place more breath-taking……
We wish we could have recorded our impressions as we went along, but we seemed so busy and internet so weak that we will again need to restrict the update to just a few photos…… such as this one commemorating the purchase of a very fine red jacket for Henry to wear on our train journey later in the trip. The store clerk dreams of coming to the USA; we dream of coming back to her country…
We continued up the coast of Namibia, stopping at Damaraland, the Skeleton Coast, the Kunene River, and then to Etosha National Park…
This is the “gate” at one of the larger airstrips we traveled through…
Along the border with Angola, we rather reluctantly visited a Himba village. The Himba are semi-nomadic and live almost completely apart from modern society. We feared it might be a fake, trumped-up Disneyesque experience, but these folks were genuine and sweet.
We have so many more stories and photos to share… including many of animals …. but it has taken over two hours to load these! Will have to supplement later…..
Henry’s son Cliff and his wife Laura arrived yesterday at Chobe National Park on the border of Namibia and Botswana. They will join us over the next week or so to explore the Okavango Delta further south in Botswana.
More as time and Internet permit!
Emerald Isle to the Norse Lands 
I’m so glad to hear y’all are having a great time. The photos you shared were awesome. Thank you. I truly enjoy reading about your adventure, but I do know y’all are on a vacation. So don’t worry about the blog…we will hear about the trip when y’all return. Keep enjoying your adventure and being great ambassadors for the United States. 😊
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Namibia is on my list. I visited Botswana a few years ago and it is beautiful. Hope you have a good time. Keep up the photos.
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