Namibia is beautiful; stark and desolate in the desert and desert highlands, and slow, laid-back, and lumbering along in it’s cities, which (sorry Namibians) feel like South Africa in the 80s - completely with older buildings, a lot more dust, and some interesting taste in hairstyles and clothes of the both the white and black […]

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"My Good Side"

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After my wipeout coming back from Sossosvlei in southern Namibia and some much needed R&R in Windhoek, quite possibly the world’s most boring city (with all apologies to St. Augustine, Florida) , and with connection from a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend, I got […]

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"Desert Nap Time"

Cat nap at Dune 7 in Swakopmund, Namibia

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…If you decide that you’re REALLY hungry and order the Bushman Sosatie plate at Joe’s Beer House in Windhoek, and after eating crocodile, zebra, kudu, ostrich, and chicken, you wonder if you’re going to get food poisoning, you probably will…

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Off-road and dual-sport motorcycles are meant to ridden over rough terrain with full loads at medium speeds - when they fall down nothing snaps off; they ride better fully loaded; and they maintain handling capability on all types of traction.
One thing they are not good at is being run at high RPMs for a long […]

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“Zebra Exodus”

Wild Zebras at Etosha National Park, Namibia

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"One By One"

Elephant family on the way to a watering hole - Etosha National Park, Namibia

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Riding a motorcycle is never a question of IF you will crash, it is always a matter of WHEN you will crash.
And riding an overloaded dirt bike at 2000 meters in a high desert mountain pass doing 120k/hour on un-graded gravel roads with sudden elevation changes and blind turns is no exception.

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“I See You”

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