Africa Travel Journal 2 Katatura

We have just spent the last week driving through the Kalahari Desert and on to the Moremi Reserve. Incredible experience having lions, elephants, leopards, hippos, hyenas, baboons and other animals come through your campsite.
 We are now on our way to the northern reaches of Botswana to the Caprivi Strip, the narrow section of Namibian land dividing Angola from Botswana. From there we plan to head through the Bushman villages and finally on our way back home!
With our last day in Windhoek, we headed over to the township or location as they are called here. In contrast with the township and squatter camps of Soweto, Katatura appeared to be much less destitute. The squatter camp homes of Katatura were built from corrugated metal siding for all walls and the roof. Situated on the top of a steep dusty hill, the sprawling range of homes extends in all directions. Each home has a number painted on its side to help locating in an emergency. Scattered throughout the area are tuck shops, homes of entrepreneurs who sell everything from bottles to hair cuts. Much like Soweto, they have the same troubles with a limited water supply and toilets shared between too many families.
Calvin & Sharon
(to be continued)

Africa Travel Journal Blog Namibia

On June 25 2005, we embark upon a six week adventure trip to Africa, starting in Namibia, hoping to make our way into Botswana. We like to rough it, and expect that this trip will be no different. Our most interesting times have been in home stays, so we will look for these opportunities.

Without a tour or any definite plans, we will be living out of a Land Rover with another couple (Dan & Ingrid), trying to find interesting people, places and experiences. 

In Namibia, we hope to get to the northern border with Angola, where we would like to spend some time with the indigenous Himba people.

Having spent the final two weeks of our journey far from the reach of electricity, we found ourselves in some of the most remote wilderness, with no certainty that we'd have enough gas to leave.

Arriving in a small village of the !Kung San people (also known as the Bushmen), we meet men and women who have survived as hunter-gatherers for nearly 30,000 years. Unfortunately, the outlook is grim as their lifestyle is now being displaced and eroded by commercial ventures and farming.

Calvin & Sharon

(to be continued)

Mursi Women

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