Namibia travel stories

The Himba People (Namibia) - 2004

www.palkiewicz.com The Himba are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in Kaokoland which is in the Northwest of Namibia. The area is very rugged, dry, remote and mountainous. The Himba live by herdi...

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Skeleton Coast - 2001

www.palkiewicz.com Na-mi-bia our country, Namibia Motherland, we love thee..." Devout reverence overcomes the Damara women in Khorixas when they strike up the national anthem. There's none of ...

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Namibia - in the search of diamonds - 1998

www.palkiewicz.com The door behind me closed silently. I found myself in a short corridor, one of whose walls was entirely covered by a bronze-coloured mirror. I felt as if I was being watched thr...

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AFRICA AFRICA

Hellooo I am in this tiny Namibian village by the name of Rundu on the Angolan border. It is very very African. There are tons of cows walking around and the majority of the people in the surroundi...

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I Jumped Out of Airplane Today!!

How ridiculous is that!! It was crazy. So wild. I loved it. I free fell for 35 seconds at 220 km/hr, or 120 miles an hour and then spent about 6 mins in the parachute. It was marvelous. We ...

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