Myself and a few intrepid explorers went up to Namibia 3 weeks ago to explore the place a bit and do the 8 day Naukluft hiking trail. We lived to tell the tale (yay!) Here are some pics for now about the journey, more details about the hike itself will follow. The pics are in no particular order.

My impression of Namibia: I'd go back there tomorrow, life slowed down big time and the place has so much space that you kinda feel like you can just relax and "be" without having to do too much. It was like going from my world where work, sport etc. filled up everything to heading to a place that feels so ancient that you know regardless of your issues and stuff, the place will be here today and here tomorrow and be impervious to you. Well, that was my philosophical take on it.

Distance takes on a totally different meaning as does the concept of a town (petrol station + shop + maybe restaurant and lodgings). It's a hard country because of the aridity, far more mountains than I'd thought there be as well and there's poverty, you can see it in different places yet it's different from ZA somehow. It also felt like I was in the Free State sometimes, men in khaki eyeballing us at the border while checking in their hunting rifles and all :-) But on the overall I enjoyed it, want to head back to explore the north and climb Spitzkoppe sometime...