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What does a 100,000 seals smell like? Cape Cross, Namibia

Beau and I didn't have a clue what 100,000 seals together would smell like but we had a good guess. Our guess turned out to be correct. The seals definitely did not smell fabulous.&#

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Solitaire, Namibia

Talk about the middle of nowhere... Solitaire is said to be the smallest town in Namibia, which consists of a gas station, post office and a little general shop. A Scottish (I think) m

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Sossusvlei, Namibia

We had an indigenous bushman walk us through the Namib-Naukluft Park from a place called Sossusvlei to Deadvlei. He was one of the most fascinating characters we've met on this trip.

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Sunrise from Dune 45, Namibia

The Namib-Naukluft National Park is in the center of the Namib Desert, which is thought to be the oldest desert on the planet. We were up before sunrise to climb Dune 45. This is a famo

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Fish River Canyon, Namibia

For being so far away from home, driving through the vast barren landscape of Namibia brought me right back to home. I had some flashbacks to many hours of windshield time of a salesman drivin

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Wine Tasting and Camping in South Africa

Our overland adventure of Africa will take us through 9 countries and over bumpy roads. For two months we will be camping in a canvas tent in many different settings. Our first night of

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The township of Langa, South Africa

We had the opportunity to see life outside Cape Town's cosmopolitan city center. We walked through the township of Langa. The township consists of deteriorating buildings some of whi

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Cape Point, South Africa

We went on a beautiful day trip out of Cape Town to Cape Point. The drive alone was full of amazing scenery. We also saw a few sites along the way. We took a small 30 minute boa

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