It’s time for my last Namibia post.
Sand meets sea near Walvis Bay, Namibia.
Deserts have always fascinated me, so spending time in the desert was my number-one priority in Namibia. After meeting up with my friend Michelle in Windhoek, we hopped into our rented hatchback and headed for Swakopmund, a popular Namibian holiday destination on Africa’s Atlantic coast.
On a cold August evening last year, I sat in bed messing around with my new iPad. I hit the camera button and shot a picture of the Melville Cat. Then I went to the app store and downloaded a free app called Instagram. I plugged in the photo, added an Instagram filter, and got this.
On my recent visit to Etosha National Park, I learned that you can’t just rock up to a game park, drive around, and expect to take fabulous wildlife photos. Good wildlife photography is a lot of work and requires equipment that I don’t have, like binoculars and a telephoto lens. It’s also difficult to take good wildlife photos while simultaneously driving a car.
When it comes to beautiful views in Namibia, most people think of sand dunes. I didn’t make it to Sossusvlei – Namibia’s most famous sand-dune viewing destination – on my recent trip, although I did check out the dunes around Swakopmund and Walvis Bay (coming up in a future post).
I’m interrupting my Namibia series for this important announcement: 2Summers has procured an iPhone.
There are many secrets locked inside this mysterious machine that I have yet to discover. I don’t know how to activate the 3G, or to switch the ringer on from silent. But there is one thing I can say for certain: The camera works.