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		<title>Etosha, Namibia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Etosha National Park offers excellent game viewing with the many waterholes attracting endangered black rhinoceros, zebra, lion, elephant, large numbers of antelope and many other species
Etosha, meaning ‘place of dry water’, is encloses a huge, flat calcrete depression (or pan) of about 5 000km². The ‘Pan’ provides a great, parched, silver-white backdrop of shimmering mirages to an area of semi-arid savannah grassland and thorn scrub. The pan itself contains water only after very good rains and sometimes for only a few days  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Chobe, Botswanna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chobe in Botswana has one of the largest concentrations of game in the whole of the African continent. It is also one the world&#8217;s largest remaining wilderness areas and offers the most diverse array of wildlife out of all of Botswana&#8217;s national parks. By size, it is the third largest park of the country, after the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and the Gemsbok National Park. It is also the country&#8217;s first national park.
We spent most of our few days in Chobe along and on the Chobe River which  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Walvis Bay, Namibia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Near the popular seaside resort town of Swakopmund, Walvis Bay is good spot to visit to  see the Pelicans and Seals which perform for visitors.
Swakopmundwas founded in 1892 as the main harbour for German South-West Africa, and a sizable part of its population is still German-speaking today  and is an example of German colonial architecture.
After German South-West Africa was taken over by the Union of South Africa in 1915, all harbour activities were transferred from Swakopmund to Walvis Bay which was originally a British port
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		<title>Africa 2008, Sossusvlei</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Namibia offers stunning landscapes as well as the abundant wildlife and in particular the Sand Dunes of Sossusvlei and the dead forest of Deadvlei are a landscape photographers dream. The early morning starts to catch the perfect light are well worth the effort and it also means that one can avoid the heat of the sun from mid morning to mid afternoon. The late afternoon/evening  light is just perfect also.
The dunes of the Namib desert (the oldest desert in the world)  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Ballooning on the Mara</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We did two balloon flights while in the  Mara.
The first flight was on the Eastern side of the park and was in the company of another balloon and then the other flight was on the Western side of the park with the landing site close to Tanzania&#8217;s Serengeti boundary.
This a quiet and pleasant way to see the savanna and wildlife without alarming them unduly.
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		<title>Bathtub Racing, Whitianga Waterways, October 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another good turnout for this annual event. I arrived at 11.45am for what I thought was the start at Noon to find that the races started at 10am.
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter gave a demo of a rescue from the water and shortly after landing were called away to an emergency near Whangamata.
All photos are low resolution.
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		<title>Masai Mara, Kenya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A true gem for wildlife photography, the Mara (as it is popularly known) is well known for the Wildebeest migration as they move from the Masai Mara in Kenya across the Mara river where they run the gauntlet of the lurking crocodiles on their way to the Serengeti in Tanzania. Some of the Wildebeest are taken by the Crocodiles but many are drowned in the melee of the crossing. Zebra accompany the Wildebeest and quite cunningly wait until the Wildebeest  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Nakuru, Kenya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a great park with lots of birds and animals throughout and we could have easily spent more time here.
It is also where the movie &#8216;Out Of Africa&#8217; was filmed.
The following is taken from Wikipedia:
Lake Nakuru is one of the Rift Valley soda lakes at an elevation of 1754 m above sea level. It lies to the south of Nakuru, in the rift valley of Kenya and is protected by Lake Nakuru National Park.
The lake&#8217;s abundance of algae attracts the vast quantity of flamingos that famously line the shore. Other birds  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Naivasha</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lake Naivasha is home to a variety of wildlife with over 400 different species of birds reported. There is also a sizeable population of hippos in the lake. There are two smaller lakes in the vicinity of Lake Naivasaha: Lake Oloiden and Lake Sonachi (a green crater lake). The Crater Lake Game Sanctuary lies nearby, while the lake shore is known for its population of European immigrants and settlers. The town of Naivasha (formerly East Nakuru) lies on the north-east  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Helicopter Flight, Mt Kenya and Beyond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had booked the Mt Kenya flight with Tropic Air Kenya before we left NZ but as the mountain had been shrouded in cloud for 8 days we had resigned ourselves to not being able to take the flight. At 6am we received a call from Mario, Tropic Air Kenya&#8217;s Chief Helicopter Pilot  to say that the mountain was clear and it was all go.
Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)  &#8230;]]></description>
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