Namibia, a jewel in Southern Africa

From this large balloon we could...

 admire the highest dunes in the world.

like Dune 45 at Sossusvlei

I was really tired reaching its top!

Here is the salty Deadvlei.

A collective social weaver(Roselin) nest for thousands birds in the shade of the rare trees

a Cape Glossy Sterling hiding in a thorny tree is...

watched by a yellow bill Hornbill (Calao)

the great white Pelican came close to our fishing boat.

the 6000 year old rockart by Bushmen.

Etosha, where water holes attract wild life...

the male Oryx attracted by...

copulating monitors agama

in Ogonva this lioness gets up...

will she go hunting?

no, she did not stop at the giraffes

...but went to the waterhole to join her lion mate...

drinking there.

then the surprise came from this white rhino and his baby

then, the unfair confrontation with a Sterling bird...

which cleared the way for the baby rhino.

when we rode down the dune, nobody wanted to sit on the roof!

...to the  Himba village of Puros

with fence to protect the cattle and cowdug made huts

a mother breastfeeding her baby welcomed us..

with her friend resting in the shade

India, Rajasthan and the Pushkar camel fair

The crowd in Jaipur is very colorful...

like these elegant ladies back from shopping.

The Palace of the winds designed to let women look at the street without being seen.

Brother and sister are begging with a smile..

this boy sells in the street.

a decorated camel waits for tourists or kids to carry...

Women carry bulky bags while holding hands of their kids.

The Jaipur Lake Palace is out of reach for pedestrians.

at Ganesh Pol a western clad family poses for the photo.

at the Pushkar camel fair, some of the thousands camels are marked with the Aryan cross which inspired Hitler for the Svastika.

These 3 camels lick the salt put on the Ganesha statue

A musician plays with his handmade instrument,

a cobra snake charmer offers a demonstration...

attracting the tribal women who came for the camel fair.

This old woman walks back with her stick...

 to her living shelter.

here a young mother with her son,

then a Shadu with his alms bowl

At night, I was fascinated by the gipsy dancer.

Jodhpur, the blue city with its huge Palace...

where I met this young singer

After the weeding, the groom takes his veiled wife and his family to Ganesha for divine protection

In his Bischnoi village he handmolds pottery.

while his daughter in law cooked some food

In Ranakpur, the over decorated Adinatha Jain Temple.

and a hardworking woman in the Thar desert.

I sailed by the Ghat at Udaipur.

a last shoot at the smiling people of Udaipur with jeans and traditional saris reflecting the change occurring in India