An epic family road trip through Namibia

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THE landscapes of Namibia are "monumental" In ladder. You can to drive through THE from the country Wild region areas For hours without who passed another vehicle, And Again, In recent years, "amazing" lodges to have open In a few of It is most remote corners. My husband And I selected A road journey around Namibia as OUR First of all "long-haul family journey", said Gem Bowes In THE Times.

He proven has be just THE sort of "big adventure" marry has been hoping For. On A ten days loop Since THE capital city, Windhoek, We covered about A thousand kilometers, And only once find ourselves conduct After dark (something has avoid as animals often lie on THE "warmed by the sun" roads has night). HAS Dead Valley Lodge, We look at THE imposing dunes of Sossusvlei change color has Sunrise – "crimson, straw And dried apricot" – And THE children ran barefoot through them, "leap And slipping" In sand "as soft as in powder milk."

Close lies Dead Vlei, THE "ghost" of A ancient lake In of which "cracked puzzle" mud THE skeletal remains of millennium trees always stay, having has been charred by THE sun Before they could break down. HAS Okonjima, We were pierced For 20 "Magic" minutes by THE view of A leopard hunt down A herd of antelope; And has Kwessi Dunes, We saw ostriches, zebra, And oryx with "theatrical spiral horns", And has night look at through A telescope has THE Milky Path, which appeared as bright as "band lighting."
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THE "sea mist" city of Swakopmund provided A "surrealist" interlude, with It is beer kellers And Bavarian style architecture – A legacy of German colonial ruler. From there, We drove has Damaraland, who passed stalls run by Himbas women, their body painted In red ocher, And Herero women In Floor length dresses. In THE Regions rocky desert, We spotted elephant And giraffe, but also "fascinating" was THE Damara Life Museum, Or local people demonstrate ancient hunter-gatherer traditions, And explain them In THE Click on language of Khoekhoe.

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An epic family road trip through Namibia

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THE landscapes of Namibia are "monumental" In ladder. You can to drive through THE from the country Wild region areas For hours without who passed another vehicle, And Again, In recent years, "amazing" lodges to have open In a few of It is most remote corners. My husband And I selected A road journey around Namibia as OUR First of all "long-haul family journey", said Gem Bowes In THE Times.

He proven has be just THE sort of "big adventure" marry has been hoping For. On A ten days loop Since THE capital city, Windhoek, We covered about A thousand kilometers, And only once find ourselves conduct After dark (something has avoid as animals often lie on THE "warmed by the sun" roads has night). HAS Dead Valley Lodge, We look at THE imposing dunes of Sossusvlei change color has Sunrise – "crimson, straw And dried apricot" – And THE children ran barefoot through them, "leap And slipping" In sand "as soft as in powder milk."

Close lies Dead Vlei, THE "ghost" of A ancient lake In of which "cracked puzzle" mud THE skeletal remains of millennium trees always stay, having has been charred by THE sun Before they could break down. HAS Okonjima, We were pierced For 20 "Magic" minutes by THE view of A leopard hunt down A herd of antelope; And has Kwessi Dunes, We saw ostriches, zebra, And oryx with "theatrical spiral horns", And has night look at through A telescope has THE Milky Path, which appeared as bright as "band lighting."

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THE "sea mist" city of Swakopmund provided A "surrealist" interlude, with It is beer kellers And Bavarian style architecture – A legacy of German colonial ruler. From there, We drove has Damaraland, who passed stalls run by Himbas women, their body painted In red ocher, And Herero women In Floor length dresses. In THE Regions rocky desert, We spotted elephant And giraffe, but also "fascinating" was THE Damara Life Museum, Or local people demonstrate ancient hunter-gatherer traditions, And explain them In THE Click on language of Khoekhoe.

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