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Unusual foods I’ve eaten around the world

Unusual foods I’ve eaten around the world

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A list of those unusual foods which I’ve been silly enough to try, some of which were terrible and many of which were surprisingly delicious

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The End – Cape Town, South Africa

The End – Cape Town, South Africa

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We drove past Fish River canyon, then Clanwilliam and back to Cape Town. After a lunch of fish and ships surrounded by cheeky seagulls we spent the afternoon desperately shopping for gifts before retiring to an Irish Pub to recover. Later on met the group to return to the House of Meat from the first [...]

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Biggest sand dune in the world – Sesriem, Namibia

Biggest sand dune in the world – Sesriem, Namibia

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After a long drive across the featureless Namib desert we arrived at Sesriem and my favourite campsite. Here we drank warm beer and played the locals on a dilapidated pool table long into the evening. The next day we got up early to walk over dune 44 to Dead Vlei, a clay pan near the [...]

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A perfect day out – Swakopmund, Namibia

A perfect day out – Swakopmund, Namibia

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Three days drive via a petrified forest and Cape Cross seal colony (120,000 seals in one place stinks) to the resort of Swakopmund – a bit like Benidorm for Germans Spent the morning sea fishing off a boat – caught mostly inedible crayfish, but also a few bream, including a massive one that got away… [...]

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Etosha National Park – Etosha, Namibia

Etosha National Park – Etosha, Namibia

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Two days in the Etosha National Park with more game viewing – saw the usual, plus Gemsbok, Springbok, Jackal and Wildebeest. Also saw a lion chasing a giraffe. Not sure I wanted to see it getting ripped to shreds, but it managed to get away. Highlight was getting a glimpse of a rare Black Rhino. [...]

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The “Funky Camp” – Ngepi, Namibia

The “Funky Camp” – Ngepi, Namibia

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Two days driving got us to Namibia and the long promised “funky camp” at Ngepi. It had a lot of quirky features such as outside toilets and a swimming cage in the Okavango river without getting attacked by the ever present hippos. Later in the evening we went for a walk into the local tribal [...]

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