We spent just a very short time in South Africa, flying into Cape Town then taking a train right across the country to Pretoria, before bussing into the Botswana capital, Gaborone, and the real “Ahh-fri-cah”. Most of the photos are from the Okavango Delta in the north of Botswana where we went on a couple of safaris (yes, the photo kind!).

Nambia was our primary destination. We rented a 4x4 truck and drove ourselves around for 2 weeks in some of the most remote environments either of us have ever been in. Damaraland and Kaokoland, in the remote northwest, are where the Damara and Himba people live. Our main goal was to visit these people...we were not disappointed.

Namibia is most famous for its oft-photographed massive red sand dunes and being the cheetah capital of the world. We went in search of both. These photos are mostly from the Sossuvlei Dunes (a great hiking area) and from Etosha, a huge wildlife area in the north of the country, home of cheetah, rhino, elephants, lions and where they will actually let you in for “self-drive safaris”… yes just get a map, a Corolla, little common-sense and off you go – scary but true.

Our trip back to Seattle started in Windhoek and took about a week. We got off the plane in Amsterdam and visited friends in Brussels and London before flying back. It was an AMAZING trip but we were happy to be home (but would go back to Africa in a heartbeat).

Optional extras: A selection of landscape shots from throughout Namibia...in no particular order and no comments. This is just for those interested in what Namibia looks like. Possibly interesting. Possibly not!