The Koichab Dunes: Namibia’s Secret Sand Dunes

The Koichab Dunes: Namibia’s Secret Sand Dunes

Namibia is a giant desert, famous for its towering sand dunes. If you’re familiar with African travel then you’ve probably heard of the Sossusvlei dunes — which have become dune celebrities, thanks to Instagram — and maybe Walvis Bay’s...
Kolmanskop: A Ghost Town in the Namib Desert

Kolmanskop: A Ghost Town in the Namib Desert

I have so much to tell you about Namibia. Our weeklong trip to this weird, wonderful country provided enough content to fill a book, and my head is throbbing with all the words (and pictures) clamoring to get out. But I can’t tell you everything at once so...
The Blogitects Do America

The Blogitects Do America

Thorsten and I just returned to Joburg after a long trip to the U.S. — I was there for a month and Thorsten joined me for three weeks. We had a fun, emotional, hilarious, exciting, and utterly exhausting time. The tired but happy Blogitects (one architect, one...