Photos of my visit to Namibia
Here are a few images from my time in Namibia this past December. My family gathered to celebrate my maternal grandmother’s 100th birthday, and all of her six children, their spouses and a few grandkids where able to travel to Namibia and spend three weeks in a little coastal town called Swakopmund together. Besides lots of family time, we ventured into the sand dunes just outside of Swakopmund, did a ‘living desert tour’, visited an oasis, enjoyed time at the beach, and participated in a service project in honor of my grandmother to support a local soup kitchen that feeds poor Namibian children twice a week. Here are a few glimpses of our time.
Climbing the highest dunes outside of Swakopmund, “Dune 7”.
Sand as far as the eye can see.
We made it to the top of Dune 7.
On our living desert tour: A sidewinder snake hidden in the sand
Climbing dunes.
Desert flower
Palmato gecko
A bird that had been rescued by our guide and nursed back to health so now it is basically tame.
Desert lizard.
Pink flamingos along the coast.
Oasis in the desert:
Goanikontes
Peace in the sand dunes
When our tour guide brings visitors to the desert, she calls for the bird and he will come. Here he is hovering waiting to be fed worms.
Beach time while the tide is out.
Pelican.
Family reunion to celebrate my grandmother’s 100th birthday.
Preparing packets of snacks and soap for the children’s soup kitchen.
My grandmother with some of the staff of the soup kitchen.
My grandmother wearing my gift to her:
I made her this scarf and here I’m showing her how I made it.
My husband and I, with my parents and grandmother.
Service project in honor of my grandmother.
Distributing food at the soup kitchen.
I hope you enjoyed this little glimpse into my time away. Thank you to all those who checked in with me while I was away to find out if I had made it to Namibia, after Omicron disrupted travel. And thank you for asking about my visiting and listening to my stories when we saw each other at the office. I am so grateful to work with a community of such caring and wonderful people.