Coastal life
Yeah, getting back up to speed again after the Corona pandemic. It’s not quite over, as Europe is battling a second wave, but so far Namibia is having only a handful of new cases every day, and that number is declining.
During the week, the Walvis Bay video was finalized, and here it is:
In the meantime, here in the coastal regions of Namibia, life goes on with stops and starts. We celebrated Isolde’s birthday on the 25th by waking up in the desert on a little camp. As money is pretty tight in right now, we only went a very small distance into the desert on the 24th.
It was actually funny, as the wind was peppering the coastal region all day long, and an hour before sunset, it suddenly dropped. We packed in an hour, and were out in the desert minutes later. If the little convenience shop in our neighborhood had been open, we even would have made sunset!
Nevertheless, we had an amazing Sunday, celebrating Isolde’s birthday with peace, love and happiness.
The blue crane in the picture above was taken on a small drive through the coastal desert locally known as the “vlaktes” It’s pretty rare, and this is the first one that I managed to capture. The square format of the image is a little social media trick to ensure more screen space for people who are just scrolling. So, you might see some square pictures pop up every now and then.
The image above was taken on the same drive on Sunday the 25th where we got the blue crane. Layla is our little mongrel dog who loves being out in the desert. When we go for a drive she is almost un-containable! This image as nice shadows and the dog as a angelic halo as the light from behind is making the fringes of her hair glow.
This one is a bit of a reminisce. We used to be able to camp in the coastal region of the Kuiseb river without permits or anything. Then came the permits, and now you can’t camp unless you have a company representative from the rights holders with you. That is of course far too expensive for common people and all we have left is some nice photos of how it used to be. *sigh*
This specific time it was raining lightly, and the dunes turned their colors, making a spectacle that is hard to describe. The smells of the trees breathing and the dust getting wet. There is nothing else like that on Earth.
Walvis Bay has the largest population of greater flamingo in the coastal region of Namibia. They usually hang around in the lagoon, which you can see on many of the fun day excursions that Awesome Chapters offer. Yeah, we’re not as big as the other tour companies, and that is a good thing! You get personal attention, and unparalleled flexibility for the ultimate good use of your valuable time.
As you can probably see from quality of the photographs everywhere in the homepage of Awesome Chapters, we are primarily a content creation shop. With the awesome local knowledge of the best spots to take pictures, why not take along some passengers and let you enjoy the best little known secrets of the coastal regions?
Usually we relax at Illofa camp sites for a week in December, and visit our family who live in Henties Bay. Hearing the roar of the ocean while you are lying in bed, and having awesome fishing waters right on your doorstep is an amazing way to unwind from a year, and meet the new one.
This week was also spent preparing for the totally awesome photographic camp at Vogelvederberg, but you will have to wait for the next blog post to read about that!
