Photos
Where we docked at Walvis Bay
Time lapse getting to the dock
Waiting to get immigration stamp from Namibian officials
Dock from passenger seat of our 4 X 4
Flamingos in the background – first of 10 selfies today
Flamingos with 2 unidentified birds in front
Flamingos walking away
1 flamingo flying – others walking looking for food
Flamingos flying
Our 4 X 4 for the day
Flamingos walking and looking for food
Flamingos looking for food
Flamingos eating
First glimpse of the desert
Back seat drivers
Roger in our second selfie
Trailing other 4 X 4’s
Panorama while drivers let air out of their tires
Dune 7 – largest in Namibia
Follow the leader in the desert
Comments by Roger as we drive
Our first slip face – going down a sharp incline
More comments by Roger
Can you ever have too much video of driving in the desert?
Home of someone who lives in the desert
Pile of nara skins – seeds taken out for drying
Talk about how to get fresh water in the desert
Area surrounding the person living in the desert
Area surrounding person living in desert
Selfie by the pile of broken up riverbed
Selfie with sand (first of many)
How does this stuff survive without water?
Hill that some of the people on excursion climbed
Jan and Kelsey talking with Roger about the seeds and chocolate on the tables
Man who lives in the desert at left rear
Hill climbers
Namib Desert dune ants
People coming down from the sand hill
Shells of used Nara
Single skink – eye visible at front
More than one skink
Correct way to chew a skink
Our second slip face – like going down a roller coaster
Bones found in riverbed that flooded in 2015
Explanation of reason bones are scattered
Video of various bone fragments
Large bone fragment – possibly from a leg
Panorama of area with bone fragments
Who wouldn’t want a selfie with bone fragments
Partial jawbone of larger animal
Looking for pieces of pottery among the bones
Bone fragments – not sure what is in lower left of photo
This was under water in 2015
Large grouping of bones
Area surrounding bone cemetery
Roger with part of large animal jawbone
Home of another desert dweller – he has lived in the desert for 20 years – not too welcoming!
Driving up a small hill
Driving up a larger hill
Another selfie with sand – those are not people above my hat
Panorama of the selfie area
No sign any animals have been through here recently (no tracks)
Video panorama
Another slip face
What it looks like coming down a slip face
Area where Kelsey will slide down the sand
Panorama of area where Kelsey slid down the sand
First person to slide down the sand
Kelsey sliding down the sand
Kelsey emptying sand from her pocket – Stathie watching
Kelsey and Stathie on their way up the dune
Jan watching Kelsey come up the dune
Kelsey using her board to climb the dune
Kelsey almost to the top of the dune
Made it!
Video panorama of dune slide area
Back on the road again – up a large dune
Steep slip face
Coming down the slip face
Selfie with Nara bush
Nara bushes have no leaves
Group of 3 Nara fruit
Area surrounding this Nara bush
Foliage looks dead but it isn’t
Selfie by “jump” dune
Guides encouraging people to jump down dune
Looking back at the harbor and MSC Magnifica
Dune 7 in the distance
Another shot of Dune 7
Selfie with salt plant and salt beds in background
Panorama of salt beds and production plant area
Piles of processed salt
Video panorama of salt fields and production plant
1 ton bags of salt – available soon at Sam’s Club and Costco
Vessel fueling MSC Magnifica for our 7 days at sea
Time lapse of sail away from Walvis Bay
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