Images of Namibia

 Our unscheduled trip to Angola

 It is amazing what African ladies can carry on their heads, bundles of wood, laundry, groceries, often with babies on their backs

 African beauty shop

 

cows everywhere, sometimes they will even let you pass

Namibia used to be mostly plains, but due to overgrazing since the Europeans have come, the soil blew away and the thorny acacia and other trees took over and they cover most of the landscape.  Unfortunately it makes it difficult for some of the animals like cheetahs which hunt on the open plains.  Other antelope also like the open plains, which are slowly being restored in private game reserves.  Most of the land and animal conservation is done by private individuals.  They are trying to remove some of the trees and fences as these interfere with the game and their predators.

Cheers Kim and Dan