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  • Garies Rock Carvings

    exploring remote and mostly unidentified symbols on old flat rocks in the Namib Desert

    Location: 

    D1274, Namibia

    Duration: 

    Monday, October 31, 2016

    Personal highlights

    1. Garies Rest Camp: small bed and breakfast between Rehoboth and Sesriem
    2. Kosie the Baster: mixture of European settlers and indigenous African women
    3. Rock Carvings: carved on flat stones, not on hills like Matobos or Tsodilo
    4. Mystic Symbols: mostly unidentified patterns instead of animals or humans
    5. Rhino Stone: a strong big rock where Rhinos scratched their bellies

    Image sources

    1. Kosie explains the Rhino Stone
    2. Body of a long deserted car
    3. One of many gates to the carvings
    4. One of many Rock Carvings
    5. Probably a map of the Namib Dessert