…In case you were wondering…#4

August 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Motorcycle Stuff, Uh-oh

…If you go in for a tire fitting at the only Kawasaki dealer in all of Namibia, and you specifically ask them NOT to use your fresh tube but rather patch the slow leak in the old one and ask them NOT to steal your metal valve covers, they WILL use your fresh tube and […]

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Video - Panoramic of Dune 7, Sossosvlei Namibia

August 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Sightseeing, Videos

Made with the incredibly high quality video available on my portable digital camera.
The big things made out of sand are the dunes.

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picture of the day - august 15th

August 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Picture Posts

"Come And Get It"

Vultures feasting on fresh zebra kill in Etosha National Park, Namibia - nearby lion tracks showed evidence of a struggle within the last 12 hours

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Picture of The Day - August 13th

August 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Picture Posts

"Look Closely"

Giraffe at Etosha National Park, Namibia

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Namibia thoughts - journal entry #4

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments · People & Culture

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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picture of the day - august 11th

August 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Picture Posts, Sightseeing

"My Good Side"

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Ride diary-Swakopmund, Skeleton Coast, Etosha

August 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Maps, Motorcycle Stuff, Picture Posts, Sightseeing

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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Picture of the Day - August 9th

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Picture Posts, Sightseeing

"Desert Nap Time"

Cat nap at Dune 7 in Swakopmund, Namibia

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…In case you were wondering… #3

August 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Food, Uh-oh

…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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Picture of the Day - August 6th

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Picture Posts, Sightseeing

“Zebra Exodus”

Wild Zebras at Etosha National Park, Namibia

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