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Tropenvogl posted a photo:

Tropenvogl posted a photo:

This is our group on top of the dune known as Big Daddy. (l-r) Me, Pete, A.K., Matt, Larry.

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Samantha's Care Bear hanging out in one of the dead trees at Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia.

(One of the conditions of borrowing Sam's Canon 350D was that I take Care Bear to Namibia and photograph it)

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Sossusvlei dune in the early morning light.

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Butt out, belly in, chest out. This was the beginning of my pants modeling career. It ended soon after.

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Mostly Tim posted a photo:

La dune la plus haute du Namib est plus facile à descendre qu'à monter.

Pour la planète.

Trip organized by www.greatescapes.es Tailor-made tours

Trip organized by www.greatescapes.es Tailor-made tours

Trip organized by www.greatescapes.es Tailor-made tours

Trip organized by www.greatescapes.es Tailor-made tours

Trip organized by www.greatescapes.es Tailor-made tours

It was a scandal in Sweden.

A reality TV show, where one Swedish family lived in a traditional Himba village for a week, camped out in Kunene and made a TV programme worth millions of Euros.

In return, the Himba were given a few bags of maize and some sugar.

When questioned the low level of payment, by the production manager on site that “Himba’s are anyway doing nothing”. That attitude is frightening.

Even if most of the villagers in the area do not have a job in the formal sector, and instead make a living out of their livestock, they should benefit from a fair compensation for their work.

The film company also did not comply with the regulations for filming among the Himba. As the Himba often live in severe poverty, with high levels of illiteracy, and many communities lack knowledge of laws and regulations which guarantee their rights, a Namibian human rights organisation is commissioned with giving training to the affected groups.

Prior knowledge would have enabled the community to have a better position in the negotiations with the production company, and resulted in a more fair, legally-binding agreement.

Ultimately, when news about the poor treatment hit Swedish media, the filmmakers came back with apologies and fair compensation.

Y los sueños ...
Para l@s que han escalado la montaña de sus sueños.
Y también para l@s que siguen intentándolo cada día.

En el Namib, que en lengua nama significa "enorme".
El desierto del Namib tiene una longitud de 1.600 km, una anchura de 80 a 200 km y una extensión de 80.000 km2.
Está considerado el desierto más viejo del mundo: 65 millones de años.

Himba woman insider her hut at a traditional Himba village near the Skeleton Coast of Namibia.

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A rare brown hyena near the Skeleton Coast Camp in northwestern Namibia. It was our first night there and the first wildlife we had seen. At the time, we didn't really realize that seeing a brown hyena was such a rare thing.

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4WD vehicles making tracks through the sand at Sossusvlei. This aerial photo was taken from a scenic helicopter flight over Sossusvlei at sunrise.

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Male lion on the prowl at the Ongava Game Reserve.

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