Ron Swilling is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in travel and outdoor magazines in South Africa and Namibia. These include Country Life, Wild, Travel News Namibia, Flamingo inflight magazine, Michelangelo, Africa Geographic and Daily Maverick Life, among others. It has also been featured in books Wild Horses in the Namib Desert: An equine biography, Road Tripping Namibia, Gondwana History series, Namibia Stamps & Stories, the children’s story The World Famous Sunbeam Collector and, more recently, The Stonemen: Flint & friends in Kaokoland. She is presently the wordsmith and storyteller for PadlangsNamibia website and Facebook page. Ron’s travels lead her off the beaten-track to discover diamonds in the dust, wild desert horses, unspoiled nature and freedom in never-ending landscapes.
The Earth is strumming me like a string of an old guitar, I vibrate with the echoes of eternity and listen for the song.
The ‘safaris’ or journeys of our lives enable us to break confines and comfort zones allowing us to experience different cultures. It expands our blinkered perceptions of the world.
A journey is an unfolding, a learning, a growing, a healing, a forgiving, a letting go, a rest, a holiday and a slog, all bound up together. It holds unlimited possibility and promise.
The unlimited freedom of travel challenges your sense of being.
To make Life’s journey matter, to give it heart & purpose & love, and to thrive in its abundance.
-Ron Swilling
Oranjemund Stories
The diamond-mining town of Oranjemund, tucked into the south-western corner…
On the brink: Namibia’s wild desert horses
On the golden sands of Africa's ancient Namib Desert in…
The Grand Silence: Hiking in the second largest canyon in the world
"*Oooo gonnas, hier is ons*!" said my hiking companion as…
Vellies – our favourite shoes
Velskoen or veldskoen, fondly called ‘vellies’, are undoubtedly southern-Africa’s favourite…