Somehow both Philippa and I managed to get some sleep despite the force nine that spent the night trying to […]
To the Dunes!
The wind rattled our tents all night and made for a freezing morning. I lit a fire and the gusts […]
Olives and chains
Lying in our sleeping bags this morning we noticed a thin layer of ice glittering inside the roof of our […]
Henno’s Cave
When the Second World War broke out there were two German geologists working in Namibia who decided that they’d really […]
"Its full of stars…"
The more cinematically astute among you will recognise that as a line from “2001 A Space Odyssey”, though the line […]
Desert Adventures
Weeks before we set off for Namibia, I booked us places on the Living Desert Adventures tour which had rave […]
Sand Boarding in Swakopmund
To say that downtown Swakopmund on a winter Sunday is quiet, is to suggest that the Arctic is a tad […]
The Skeleton Coast
I have wanted to go the Skeleton Coast for as long as I can remember. As a boy it seemed […]
Back to the back of beyond
Winter rolled in overnight. Our sleeping bags kept the icicles at bay but our faces were cold and Philippa and […]
Portraits and punctures
Just before dawn I heard a distant lion roaring and felt pleased that we had at least HEARD one of […]
