Two Weeks, One Country: Namibia

Quiver tree forest near Keetmanshoop catching the afternoon sun.



The giant Desert Chameleon in the Namib-Naukluft National park near Brandberg.



Ridge-line macro of a Sossusvlei dune.



The recent unbelieveable rains left intricate patterns in Doodpan, Sossusvlei. 

Back in the RSA

Well, this is what I've been up to since I got back: I sat around on my sisters, friend's and cousin's (THREE different people!) new couch in the shade of Table Mountain in Cape Town one block from the presidents house for 6 weeks after coming back. I have an excuse though, I was down there for 3 weddings. And I went mountain biking, trail running, rock-climbing (with 2 more of my unemployed friends) and learnt to slope-soar model gliders.
Did I mention my cousin is a brewmaster (or brewmistress) and gets us all types of free beer every month?

Yes, it took me more than 5 weeks to get bored doing this. Then I phoned a friend, got an interesting job, flew up to Johannesburg, and started working the next morning.

So now I'm doing contract work for a 4 person telecommunications company that plans to topple our monopolistic telecommunications para-statial, Telkom, sometime soon. Like tomorrow. Maybe.
:-)

Cusco: 16 - 17 Apr

Back in Cusco, arriving by bus and train from Agua Calientes (Hot Waters) and Machu Picchu, our group of Ali, Lutz, Shen, Diana, Rodrigo, and me sorted out hostels and then went for a celebratory dinner at Tengo Beef where the best braaied meat is served.  After some suitably huge portions (we´d been hiking/travelling since 05h00) and some increasingly better vino tinto, we decided that town needed a vistit, especially since there was a pub named Mama Africa.  Well, a couples of free drinks later (thanks to Ali the local tour guide) and everything was rocking.  Till seven this morning!  It took a good all-you-can-eat-breakfast to solve the lack of sleep, etc. at lunchtime. 

 

So today I just went shopping and, tomorrow am flying to Lima, Peru for the day, before catching a flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina---where it am began, and UNFORTUNATELY is going to end.  !!!

Alternative Inca Trail: 12 -15 Apr

Having a great time hiking anf mountain biking in the sacred valley around Machu Pichu in Peru.  I´ve gone on an alternative to the inca trail since it is all booked till June.  SO got to do MTB instead.  Anyway, tomorrow I wake up at 4:30, to go climb Machu Pichu.  Should be good,

 

Cheers,

 

Colin

 

Cusco: 11 - 17 Apr

City of the incans.

Puno, Floating Uros Islands [PERU]: 10 Apr

The famous floating reed islands on Lake Titikaka.