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         Namibia










         The love for wildlife gets Urvi Piramal to head to Namibia and appreciate
         beauty in every small thing she sees and experiences.

         I had the pleasure of visiting Namibia for         Namibia is a fascinating and diverse
         the second time in June this year. I was on        country. It is a combination of beautiful
         a 4500-kilometre road trip with a group of         landscapes, including the world’s oldest
         friends.                                           desert, that will make you feel like you are
                                                            on another planet. The sparsely populated
                                                            country is teeming with zebra, elephants,
                                                            impala, spring bok, giraffes – a result of a
                                                            30-year-old environmental conservation
                                                            programme. The people are friendly, simple
                                                            and beautiful.
                                                             After a one-night halt to recoup from the
                                                            long journey of Mumbai to Windhoek
                                                            (pronounced as Win-took), the capital of
                                                            Namibia, our road trip begins…
                                                             Wildlife is my passion so I was very happy
                                                            that our first stop was Etosha National
                                                            Park which is home to the most wildlife
                                                            in the country. The name Etosha comes
                                                            from Oshimdonga, a word meaning great
         Kapoor’s family is his strength
                                                            white place, and it refers to the 120km-long
                              All Photographs by Urvi Piramal  geological basin, or hollow, heavy with salt


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