Aussie corporate attorney, Rachel (18) is trainee chef from London. You met Pat from New Zealand. Liz is an architect from Ireland, and Sasha is a student from Berlin. They will leave here with a better understanding of the problems facing our environment and how these may be overcome. You see, history keeps repeating itself. It always will, until someone listens."

After we folded down for the night, I lay in my bed gazing up at the stars, digesting Roma's words. The radiant beauty of Africa's night sky flooded in through my tented window. How better to drift off to sleep than under a vast canopy of stars, listening to night animals calling out to one another.

At dawn, we said farewell to Clive and the volunteers who, strapped into the P.A.W.S. 4x4, bounded off down the corrugated gravel road for another day's toil in the heat. Strangely, they were all smiling.

Travelling through Namibia requires planning. Only some of the roads are tarred, making a 4x4 imperative. The distances between towns are vast. Off the main highways, you

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