This is where many of the local people live. It's a bit hard to see, but they are essentially very small tin shacks. They are scattered on either side of the main road, a little bit outside of the main town of Oshakati.
There are several of these roadside "markets" selling beef. You can only sort of see it because I took this picture out of the window of a moving vehicle, but there are pieces of cow hanging on the pole. Yesterday we saw a guy standing on the side of the road with a huge fish hanging on a pole- trying to sell it to a passing motorist.
Kids working in the fields. The climate and soil (sand) are not very hospitable to crops of any kind, but some things do grow.
There are always people walking on the side of the road because walking is generally the main form of transport.
This is a small river (I think you could even call it an oshana- depressions that fill with water during the rainy season). We were told that soon these oshanas will be full of raging water that comes from the Angola highlands. The water travels down, through Oshakati, all the way to the Etosha Pan (see below for pictures).
The Etosha Pan, a huge shallow depression in Etosha National Park that looks like the end of the world right now because it is dry and it continues on as far as you can see. We really want to see it full of water, I guess it doesn't fill every year, but they are saying it will fill this year because it's been a very rainy, rainy season. We heard that when it does fill with water it becomes a breeding ground for flamingos!
Another pic of the pan looking back toward the green part of the park.
This is where many of the local people live. It's a bit hard to see, but they are essentially very small tin shacks. They are scattered on either side of the main road, a little bit outside of the main town of Oshakati.
There are several of these roadside "markets" selling beef. You can only sort of see it because I took this picture out of the window of a moving vehicle, but there are pieces of cow hanging on the pole. Yesterday we saw a guy standing on the side of the road with a huge fish hanging on a pole- trying to sell it to a passing motorist.
Kids working in the fields. The climate and soil (sand) are not very hospitable to crops of any kind, but some things do grow.
There are always people walking on the side of the road because walking is generally the main form of transport.
This is a small river (I think you could even call it an oshana- depressions that fill with water during the rainy season). We were told that soon these oshanas will be full of raging water that comes from the Angola highlands. The water travels down, through Oshakati, all the way to the Etosha Pan (see below for pictures).
The Etosha Pan, a huge shallow depression in Etosha National Park that looks like the end of the world right now because it is dry and it continues on as far as you can see. We really want to see it full of water, I guess it doesn't fill every year, but they are saying it will fill this year because it's been a very rainy, rainy season. We heard that when it does fill with water it becomes a breeding ground for flamingos!
Another pic of the pan looking back toward the green part of the park.
OMG great posts. Thank you so much. So jealous you are seeing so many animals and love your story about the girl runner. Can we send a care package of running shoes for kids???
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