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Jaunted Embedded Travel Guides: Namibian Adventure

Where: Namibia
July 25, 2008 at 10:00 AM | by jnaw | 0 Comments

Jill Nawrocki is a volunteer in Namibia, a travel blog star, and a former Jaunted contributing editor. Is there anything this girl can't do? This week, she's sharing with us her adventures in the southwest African nation.

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Jaunted Embedded Travel Guides: Namibian Cuisine

Where: Namibia
July 24, 2008 at 4:45 PM | by jnaw | 0 Comments

Jill Nawrocki is a volunteer in Namibia, a travel blog star, and a former Jaunted contributing editor. Is there anything this girl can't do? This week, she's sharing with us her adventures in the southwest African nation.

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Jaunted Embedded Travel Guides: Etosha National Park

Where: Namibia
July 24, 2008 at 12:30 PM | by jnaw | 0 Comments

Jill Nawrocki is a volunteer in Namibia, a travel blog star and a former Jaunted contributing editor. Is there anything this girl can't do? This week, she's sharing with us her adventures in the southwest African nation.

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Jaunted Embedded Travel Guides: Twyfelfontein

Where: Namibia
July 23, 2008 at 9:45 AM | by jnaw | 0 Comments

Jill Nawrocki is a volunteer in Namibia, a travel blog star and a former Jaunted contributing editor. Is there anything this girl can't do? This week, she's sharing with us her adventures in the southwest African nation.

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Jaunted Embedded Travel Guides: Hitchhiking Namibia

Where: Namibia
July 22, 2008 at 12:45 PM | by jnaw | 0 Comments

Jill Nawrocki is a volunteer in Namibia, a travel blog star and a former Jaunted contributing editor. Is there anything this girl can't do? This week, she's sharing with us her adventures in the southwest African nation.

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Jaunted Embedded Travel Guides: Visiting Villages in Namibia

Where: Namibia
July 22, 2008 at 9:20 AM | by jnaw | 0 Comments

Jill Nawrocki is a volunteer in Namibia, a travel blog star and a former Jaunted contributing editor. Is there anything this girl can't do? This week, she's sharing with us her adventures in the southwest African nation.

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Jaunted Embedded Travel Guides: Welcome to Namibia

Where: Namibia
July 21, 2008 at 9:50 AM | by jnaw | 0 Comments

Jill Nawrocki is a volunteer in Namibia, a travel blog star and a former Jaunted contributing editor. Is there anything this girl can't do? This week, she's sharing with us her adventures in the southwest African nation.

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Travel Blog Star: Sand in My Shoes

Where: Namibia
February 6, 2008 at 1:45 PM | by pbb | 0 Comments

Before she left for the achingly glamorous life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Namibia, Jill Nawrocki used to write for us. We miss her volunteer travel ideas and her flight reviews, but we're getting over it by reading about her adventures in Southern Africa.

At least for the time being, things aren't too busy:

I've perfected my raisin bread, white bread and pizza dough over the last two weeks and have an entire cookbook to tackle over the coming two years. It's lonely to cook for one, but my dad always told me in a new place, food helps make friends...

I've already polished off a library's worth of literature and can now safely say there is no such thing as a bad book when it's the only book left to read.

As time goes by, and her two-year gig with the Peace Corps rolls on, we'll be interested to see what adventures she gets up to. The latest is what looks like a great weekend trip to the Waterberg Plateau.

Think your travel blog has what it takes to make you a travel blog star? Send us the address and throw "Travel Blog Star" in the subject line.

Related Stories:
· Sand in My Shoes [Official Site]
· Weekend in Waterberg [SIMS]
· Travel Blog Stars coverage [Jaunted]

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Celeb Travel: Leave Namibia Alone!

Where: Namibia
October 9, 2007 at 9:00 AM | by egw | 0 Comments


The last time Namibia was in the news, it was because of the invasion of Super World Travelers Brangelina, who chose the country for Angelina Jolie to give birth to daughter Shiloh. Now England's Prince Harry has pulled the spotlight to the African country, although not with such positive results.

Maybe the prince can undo the damage done by the party photos of his friends and himself in Namibia once he's closer to the throne. Like any 23-year-old with no job, HRH spent his holiday drinking, attaching shot glasses to his nipples and getting what looks like a wicked sunburn. In response to his performance, Jenna and Barbara Bush released a statement titled, "See, We Did This In Argentina But At Least We Didn't Make a Video."

Related Storie:
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Africa Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Screenshots of the video: Faded Youth Blog]

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Forum Ferreting: Seeing the Dunes in Namibia

Where: Namibia
September 13, 2007 at 3:00 PM | by jnaw | 0 Comments


When we think sand we usually picture a nice beach, but chatters over at the Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree have got other ideas: dunes. And according to this board of globetrotters, Namibia is the place to see the biggest and the best.

Sossusvlei is a salt pan in the Namibian desert, but it's known for it's incredible red sand dunes that rise more than 3,000 feet in some places. If it's a once in a lifetime trip, chatters say these dunes are not to be missed. And they've got a few tips for making the most out of the adventure, too.

Go to Sossusvlei, make sure you go further than Dune 45 at some time, wear whatever you want on your feet, spend two nights nearby. Stay hydrated, don't walk from the end of the 2wd part in the heat of the day if you can avoid it, take plenty of film and a sun hat and last but not least - don't try and make sand castles, it just doesn't work.

And if you're planning a trip to Namibia, now's the time to go, since December and January tend to see the most rain. Would that make the sand castle construction easier?

Related Stories:
· Lonely Planet Thorn Tree [Official Site]
· Namibia Travel Stories [Jaunted]
· Namibia Hotel Reviews [Hotel Chatter]

[Photo: Patrtick Schoonbee]

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Wesley Snipes Finds a Great Place to Hide from the IRS

Where: Namibia
October 25, 2006 at 9:05 AM | by juliana | 0 Comments

There is a new reason to join the merry band of celebs hopping around Africa aside from adopting a child for their collection or just gaining some press coverage--hiding out from the IRS.

Wesley Snipes has supposedly been hanging out in Namibia while shooting a movie. But the actor has also been slapped with tax fraud charges to tune of $12 million so perhaps making a movie is the new "ate nothing all day and had one margarita" before getting pulled over for a DUI.

While Snipes could face up to sixteen years in jail if convicted on all charges, so far there's been no extradition request issued to Namibia. So he's free to explore all the region has to offer.

The African country has already been forever changed by a heavenly visit from Brangelina, and is also the birthplace of the new messiah for celebrity children everywhere, Shiloh Jolie Pitt. Yet if the country could allow Shiloh to spread her wings and fly to her castle in Malibu, there's no reason why they wouldn't send Snipes back . That is, unless he brought copies of "White Men Can't Jump" with him.

[Photo: 10 News]

Related Stories:
· Namibia received no extradition request for Snipes

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Namibia Asks for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's First Born

Where: Namibia
May 25, 2006 at 9:01 AM | by People Paula | 0 Comments


First, Brad and Angelina defected to Namibia (in a possible attempt to destroy the country's fragile infrastructure), and now they've supposedly given rights to their baby's name in exchange for the inconvenience.

It has been reported in a number of pseudo-reputable British publications that Brangelina have given the right to name their perfect child to Namibian governor Samuel Nuuyoma. While the stars' reps refute the claim, Nuuyoma says, "It's true...This is a great honor for Namibia, and everyone is very excited." We know we certainly are, but could it really be any worse a name than Apple, or Moon Unit?

Who are we to believe? A regional Namibian tribal leader, or Pitt, a soon-to-be father who was caught Thursday pulling a Britney? Yes, sadly, Namibia saw its first case of celebrity baby neglect when Brad took little Zahara, aged 16 months, out for a bike ride. In a papoose. Without a helmet. No doubt this lapse in judgement will fail to threaten the Namibian government, which presumably has worse child welfare problems to deal with. But the paparazzi's all over it!

And for visitors to Namibia: Look forward to National Brangelina Junior Day!