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Namibia & Botswana album cover. 190 photos.
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My route driving through Namibia & Botswana, approx 1.5 months and 11,500 km.
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Salvador Dali paints "James in Sossusvlei"
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Deadvlei: Thirst
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Deadvlei
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Sossusvlei dunes
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Honeycomb mud
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Transparent Namib dune gecko
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A pretty girl
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Guide shows us how to spot and dig for a transparent Namib desert gecko.
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shovel-snouted lizard
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dancing white lady spider
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Beloved family member, a Namaqua chameleon
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Namaqua chameleon on the plant it loves best.
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If I move veerrry slooooowly, perhaps he won't see me.
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Camping in a two-door starlight tent, my home in Namibia
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Kouoko stands outside her ondjiwo (hut). I overnight in the village in a hut like this.
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Ngaendu's style
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Watanaa and Kamendika
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Watanaa and Kamendika are among five Himba who want to marry me. As polygamy is Himba custom, and I cannot make up my mind, it is suggested I marry all five women.
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Watanaa models her unique hair style for me.
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Getting water
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Henguva applies otjize paste to her skin, a cosmetic mixture of ochre pigment and butterfat.
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Himba dance & chant
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Hands clapping, chanting, the women show me a traditional Himba dance.
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Himba dance & chant
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Group picture of generations. Ndogona, wife of the tribe's leader, is back row, fourth from the right. The jewelry and hairstyle indicates age and social status within the community.
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Ancestral Fire
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Girls of nearby village school
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An overview of Himba village Ohungumure, where I visit for two days and one night.