African Memories

[Richprins]

Very adventurous indeed, Peej!

Stunning views...how high is it?

I remember one just stops and makes food next to the road....often no other cars for hours!

[Flutterby]

Wow, stunning views.

[Pumbaa]

Wow to the landscape and to the sunset and sunrise shots

[Klipspringer]

Amazing skies

[Flutterby]

Would love to explore those houses.

[PJL]

Spectacular!!

Thanks Lis

Is that an active volcano

I think at that stage it was classed as 'dormant' but now 'extinct'

Very adventurous indeed, Peej!

Stunning views...how high is it?

I remember one just stops and makes food next to the road....often no other cars for hours!

I think it's only about a 600m climb up, but it was really steep to get up onto the sides

Wow, stunning views.

Well worth the climb up

Wow to the landscape and to the sunset and sunrise shots

Thanks Pumbaa - amazing how flat the landscape is surrounding the volcano

Amazing skies

Thanks Klipspringer

[PJL]

After our volcano sleepover we had another big drive ahead of us to get up to the dunes at Sossusvlei. The scenery along the way was fantastic







We stopped for lunch along the way and found a well camouflaged grasshopper



Richard was busy examining a piece of old pipe which had a bit of "string" hanging out the end... on pulling the "string" it duly wrapped itself around his hand which provided quite a fright

It turned out to be some kind of small sand snake





Our camp was a nice spot... can't remember the name of the place now.



It had a very fat resident meerkat

[Lisbeth]

Breathtaking scenery

Bi careful to pull unknown "strings"

The meerkat

[Klipspringer]

How cool is this little snake
Dwarf beaked snake Dipsina multimaculata
A small snake with a distinctive hooked snout. The colour is extremely variable ranging from sandy grey to red with a series of broad spots. There is also a distinctive V-shaped marking on the back of the head.
These snakes are active during the day when they hunt small lizards. When threatened the dwarf beaked snake will hiss loudly and strike out repeatedly mimicking the venomous horned adder.
They are considered to be mildly venomous, however the venom as no effect on man.

[PJL]

Breathtaking scenery

Bi careful to pull unknown "strings"

The meerkat

Thanks Lis... it was a very funny episode

How cool is this little snake
Dwarf beaked snake Dipsina multimaculata
A small snake with a distinctive hooked snout. The colour is extremely variable ranging from sandy grey to red with a series of broad spots. There is also a distinctive V-shaped marking on the back of the head.
These snakes are active during the day when they hunt small lizards. When threatened the dwarf beaked snake will hiss loudly and strike out repeatedly mimicking the venomous horned adder.
They are considered to be mildly venomous, however the venom as no effect on man.

Thanks for the ID Klipspringer