Blog – Page 40 – JoHook Travel Photographer

07 Aug 2008
- Charity
- Kenya
- people

Hope House Orphanage Nairobi

Ros runs a Baby Orphanage in Nairobi and has a fabulous system of “adopting a Cot”. As she tries to have the babies adopted there is no point in you supporting a baby so she set up a system that you adopt a cot and she writes to you telling you who is in […]

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07 Aug 2008

Himba people

I loved the Himba village and found the fact that the Herero people who are related to them and wear full Victorian dress an unbelievable contrast! The men wash with water and wear western clothes but the women are bare-chested and wear an ochre paste which makes them very orange/ brown but protects them from […]

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07 Aug 2008

Okavanga Delta river trip Botswana and Zambia

I chose the booze sunset cruise the first night to tour the Okavango Delta and it was fun though fighting to get to the bar for the inclusive drinks was not. My next night I chose the more scenic cruise and found I was the only passenger so I got waited on hand and foot […]

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07 Aug 2008
- Landscapes
- Namibia
- Nature
- people
- Photography

Namibia

We saw the lions feeding and the lioness took a liking to Jeff which was quite startling! She charged the fence (hide) which we were behind!! We felt it appropriate to have gin and tonic in the sunset to calm his nerves in the thatched lodge house! We also found a local bar El Cubano […]

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26 Jul 2008

Zanzibar

Stone Town is a very Arab area and Zanzibar was once the home of the many Sultans of Oman. It has an amazing fruit and fish market and sells all kinds of tourist tat from paintings, jewellery, wooden giraffes and elephants, in the narrow lanes. It is famous for its ornate doors. Stone Town in […]