Monday, November 15, 2010
Cape Town to Walvis by Car
On our trip last year we decided that instead of taking the 2 hour flight up to Walvis Bay, we were going to drive up. Man talk about a long trip. Our trip started in Cape Town at about 4 in the morning and ended in Walvis the next day. We had a stop over in Okahandja! If we had driven through it would have been something like 20 hours in the car. (I'll take you through the trip as we venture along through this blog.)
I look back on that trip now as the point at which I realized exactly how naive and ignorant I was about the Country of Namibia. For me when ever i heard about living in Namibia images of camels and oasis came to mind... Sad to say, I though the same way as most foreign tourist think about South Africa. But I'm happy to say i was pleasantly surprised.
Walvis Bay was magically and climbing Dune 7 was one of the highlights of the trip.
Dune 7 from the parking area |
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Fish River Canyon
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Second largest canyon | |||
With much debate, it is thought that the Fish River Canyon is second in size, only to the Grand Canyon in America. It stretches a distance of approximately 160 kilometers, starting near Seeheim, passing through the Koubis massif all the way down to the out skirts of the town Ai-Ais. As far as one can actually measure a canyon, the Fish River Canyon has been measured at 550 meters at its deepest point and approximately 27 kilometers at its widest. |
MiTravco.Namibia
Okay maybe I should explain what MiTravco.Namibia is first before we go any further.
About 4 years ago my partner and I decided that we wanted to enter into the tourism industry, so we decided that an advertising platform for various tourism related companies will be the best and easiest way into the industry. (Check it out www.mitravco.com)
Now before you say "Oh no,not another online directory!!" yes we do online advertising for the likes of accommodation establishments and such but we are more that that. We class our selves as an advertising platform for these companies a well as the countries that we work in. A bit later on i will enlighten you on some of the plans we have for our company.
So why Mitravco.Namibia you ask? We decided that to better personalize the attention we give each country we needed to seperate them by having a dedicated website for each country, And Namibia was tackled first. And with it nearing completion out launch date for the website is December 1st 2010.. so watch this space.
So this blog will act as a update forum for the website as well as an informative guide to Namibia brought on by my love for the country.
About 4 years ago my partner and I decided that we wanted to enter into the tourism industry, so we decided that an advertising platform for various tourism related companies will be the best and easiest way into the industry. (Check it out www.mitravco.com)
Now before you say "Oh no,not another online directory!!" yes we do online advertising for the likes of accommodation establishments and such but we are more that that. We class our selves as an advertising platform for these companies a well as the countries that we work in. A bit later on i will enlighten you on some of the plans we have for our company.
So why Mitravco.Namibia you ask? We decided that to better personalize the attention we give each country we needed to seperate them by having a dedicated website for each country, And Namibia was tackled first. And with it nearing completion out launch date for the website is December 1st 2010.. so watch this space.
So this blog will act as a update forum for the website as well as an informative guide to Namibia brought on by my love for the country.
Friday, November 5, 2010
First Post
Welcome to what I hope to be the beginning of a wonderful experience for all who read this blog.
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Namibia for a short 2 week vacation and what I thought was going to be a boring trip of nothing but sand, sand and more sand, turn out to be a wonderful experience that has made me fall in love with the country. It was upon my return that I started to do some serious research into Namibia and what I found was a wonderful rich diverse history, some of which i hope to share on the blog.
I will share, a little later on, the reasons for this blog and the purposes i hope it will serve. But for now all i want to say is:
I will share, a little later on, the reasons for this blog and the purposes i hope it will serve. But for now all i want to say is:
"Welcome, Dear Reader. I hope that through this blog you will fall in love with Namibia just as I have."
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