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(Andrew) Boom! The engine roared to life. ATVing in the Namib Desert. Dad and I were in the same ATV, zooming out of Serra Cafema. Serra Cafema is a little desert oasis in, literally, the middle of nowhere. The camp is on the Kunene River which marks the border of Namibia and Angola. If you […]

(Reis) Step, Step, 1, 2. I’m counting the steps on the treacherous journey up Big Daddy. Big Daddy is one of the biggest dunes in Namibia at 1256 ft from the base! Sadly, it isn’t the biggest but it sure is the most dramatic. As youíve probably noticed, that is a pretty long walk. Especially […]

(Emma) August 5th, 10:15 PM. I was born. “Emma! Emma! Look!” My dad calls from the other side of the camp site. I think it is an emergency so I sprint over to where he is. He points his finger to a tree. I think he is crazy because he is showing me a tree; […]

(Alex) 80 eyes turn to us as we walk into a one-room grade 2, 3 and 4 school totally different from ours. It was kind of awkward to begin with — 40 cute little black faces with big white eyes just staring at us. Then we realized that the children were just people from a […]