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my itinerary Namibia 2019
two-week individual rental car tour to some of the highlights of Namibia: visited a.o. Lüderitz, Kolmanskop, Fish River Canyon, Sossusvlei Dunes, Swakopmund, Cape Cross, Etosha NP
Taken during a 2 week adventure holiday to Namibia with Exodus Travels, October/November 2006. Image taken with a borrowed Minolta Dynax 5D camera, the first DSLR that I ever used. Originally shot in jpeg format, then recently reprocessed using DxO PhotoLab 4 to try and get the best out of them, as I hadn't really appreciated the possibilities of what I'd taken at the time.
Termitenhügel mit Baum.
Die z.T. mächtigen Bauten der fleißigen Termiten sieht man in allen Farben - je nach Bodenbeschaffenheit.
Fly-in safari through Sousso
Fly-in safari through Sossuvlei, NamibRand,
Fly-in safari through Sossuvlei, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Twyfelfontein, and Etosha National Park
Fly-in safari through Sossuvlei, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Twyfelfontein, and Etosha National Park
Namibia in the dry season is hot, especially before the rains break. The mid-day temperature can often top 45°, a hot wind also blows sapping the living moisture out of every animal and plant. Eventually the rains break and with their cool moisture refresh the parched landscape and all of the animals and plants that make their life there.
This picture of a Thomson’s gazelle was taken near Twyfelfontein during such a time when the temperature was 45° in the shade. Louise and I were on our way from the Aba Huab River to the lodge at Twyfelfontein and decided to stop and sit in the shade of a couple of Acacia Trees, just so that we could take in the enormity of the landscape. We sat, cold drink in hand, marvelling at the awesome nature that was all around us when we noticed not 50 yards away under the shade of a small acacia tree this Thomson’s gazelle, waiting patiently for the heat to diminish. The Gazelle was totally unconcerned as at these temperatures it is too hot for predators to hunt so the pressure was off for a while.
Two hours later we quietly packed our seats into the Range Rover and slowly reversed away from the gazelle so as not to disturb him. He stayed motionless except for an occasional flick of his tail as we disappeared out of his life to find a cold rock shandy at the bar in the lodge.
The picture show Bishop Joseph Shikongo of Rhundu in Namibia accompanied by Fr. Andrew Cieszkowski and a colleague.
The faithful of Ireland contributed to the construction of a new Church in the Diocese of Bishop Joseph where Fr. Andrew is Parish priest. The old Church was burned down on January 1st. 2010. The new construction allowed for a building of greater space. The community has about 200 members and the Church can now accomodate all people for Sunday Mass and prayers.
This reconstruction was accomplished thanks to a subsidy supplied by the Catholic community of Ireland.