The rivers run wild Posted in Adventure, on April 14, 2012 SOUTHERN AFRICA – Like the countries they separate, each river is as unique as a fingerprint, with its own history and character. A river, like water, can be elemental in the creation of a place. 0 The line in the sand Posted in Culture, on January 17, 2012 SWAKOPMUND, NAMIBIA – Apartheid may be done and dusted but its careful divide of white and black has yet to fully disappear in the Namib, with Swakopmund and its neighbouring town of Mondessa. 0 Sunset at the waterhole Posted in Africa, on January 1, 2012 Etosha National Park, Namibia. 0 Zebra at the waterhole Posted in Africa, on December 27, 2011 Zebra in Etosha National Park, Namibia. 0 Dunes Posted in Africa, on December 26, 2011 Sunrise over the apricot dunes in the south of the Namib Desert – the highest in the world. Near Sossusvlei, Namibia. 0 Sunrise in the Namib Posted in Africa, on December 25, 2011 The rising sun catches in a tree near the high dunes in the southern Namib Desert, near Sossusvlei. Namibia. 0 The dead zone Posted in Africa, on November 3, 2011 Deadvlei, near Sossusvlei, on the western side of Namibia. Originally, rainfall caused a clay pan to form and camel thorn trees took root. When drought came, the pan becoming surrounded by massive sand dunes, water dried up and the trees settled down to a slow petrification. Their remains are now thought to be more than 800 years old, scorched blac ... 0 Scops Owl Posted in Africa, on November 1, 2011 A pair of scops owls attempt to hide out for the day in the crook of a tree, blending in with the bark. Etosha National Park, Namibia. 0