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  • Fish River Canyon

    This is Fish River Canyon.

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    It’s in Namabia.

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    It is huge.

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    We haven’t been to the grand canyon so we can’t really compare it to that.

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    It seemed pretty impressive.

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    There are a few plants growing around here and they are really weird.

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    Wouldn’t you agree?

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    The bark is cool looking.

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    Here’s another odd plant.

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    I think they were related to aloe but I can’t remember anymore.

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    In a couple places there were these little ones all over the place.

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    Other places looked pretty empty with just us and rocks.

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    At different times of the year they have organized hikes down into the canyon but it is very weather dependent as the temperatures can be above 40C in some places.

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    The canyon winds all through the area.

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    We stayed to watch sunset which was quite pretty, but not as red as most African sunsets we had seen.

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