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Windhoek, Namibia 2010

In October 2010, I taught at another successful WIPO-ARIPO patent-drafting workshop in Windhoek, Namibia, with another talented group of participants, this time from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, Angola, Burundi, Lesotho, Mauritius, Ethiopia, Kenya, Botswana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Ghana and Malawi. Namibia is a beautiful country with magnificent deserts and wildlife, a strong economy and governance, and a warm and welcoming populace. We finished with a trip across the desert to the lovely resort towns of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay on the Atlantic coast.

Windhoek, Namibia 2010

In October 2010, I taught at another successful WIPO-ARIPO patent-drafting workshop in Windhoek, Namibia, with another talented group of participants, this time from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, Angola, Burundi, Lesotho, Mauritius, Ethiopia, Kenya, Botswana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Ghana and Malawi. Namibia is a beautiful country with magnificent deserts and wildlife, a strong economy and governance, and a warm and welcoming populace. We finished with a trip across the desert to the lovely resort towns of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay on the Atlantic coast.

Yumiko

Participant groups work collaboratively on claim drafting

Participant groups work collaboratively on claim drafting

with Francoise, Naveen and Yumiko

with Francoise, Naveen and Yumiko

Bushman's Sosatie

Bushman's Sosatie

separated by vegetables from left to right: ostrich, crocodile, zebra, kudu and chicken at Joe's Beerhouse in Windhoek

worms for dinner

worms for dinner

with Naveen, Francoise, Andima's mom, and Yumiko in katutura, the historic black township established in the apartheid era

with Naveen, Francoise, Andima's mom, and Yumiko in katutura, the historic black township established in the apartheid era

Riding ATV's with Naveen over and the shifting sand dunes of the Namib Desert--after the workshop, we headed west across the desert to the coast

Riding ATV's with Naveen over and the shifting sand dunes of the Namib Desert--after the workshop, we headed west across the desert to the coast

the "living" desert, home to the world's largest sand dunes; interestingly, the dunes move and reshape themselves every day

the "living" desert, home to the world's largest sand dunes; interestingly, the dunes move and reshape themselves every day

On the pier in Swakopmund

On the pier in Swakopmund

with Yumiko and Andima in Walvis Bay

with Yumiko and Andima in Walvis Bay

On the eastern shore of the southern Atlantic with Andima, Yumiko, Francoise and Naveen

On the eastern shore of the southern Atlantic with Andima, Yumiko, Francoise and Naveen

Naveen and I hopped over to South Africa and squeezed in an awe-inspiring safari at Kruger National Park before heading back to the US.

Naveen and I hopped over to South Africa and squeezed in an awe-inspiring safari at Kruger National Park before heading back to the US.

a mother rhinoceros and her newborn calf

a mother rhinoceros and her newborn calf

rhino with baby in Kruger National Park video

lion resting in the shade

lion resting in the shade

giraffe at Kruger National Park video

vultures

zebra

hippopotamus

kudu

kudus at Kruger National Park video

giraffe

1, 2, 3 giraffes

1, 2, 3 giraffes

giraffe at Kruger National Park video

the canopies of the trees are shaped by the browsing of the giraffes

the canopies of the trees are shaped by the browsing of the giraffes

herd of African buffalo with a few giraffes in the mix

herd of African buffalo with a few giraffes in the mix

we saw a herd of 30-40 elephants on the opposite side of the river

we saw a herd of 30-40 elephants on the opposite side of the river

then an even bigger herd appeared on our side of the river about 20 meters away

then an even bigger herd appeared on our side of the river about 20 meters away

these enormous elephants towered over our vehicle as they passed by

these enormous elephants towered over our vehicle as they passed by

elephant herd in Kruger National Park video

this poor couple in the car quickly reversed

this poor couple in the car quickly reversed

a pack of white rhinos

a pack of white rhinos