Background: South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that was soon named Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia won its independence in 1990 and has been governed by SWAPO since. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule.
May 15th 2008Africa » Namibia » Waterberg I’ve spent the last six weeks volunteering for the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in Namibia. I’ve had a fantastic time so far, and the best part is that I’ll be here for six more ... 5 photos[full story]
April 30th 2008Africa » Namibia » Etosha National Park To make up for the extra day at the cheetah park we had an early start (6am) to make our was to Etosha National Park, a 20,000 sq km protected park and wildlife haven, dominated by a great white pan! ... [full story]
April 30th 2008Africa » Namibia » Cheetah Park Well these few days have been quite eventful.... After our bush camp with the scorpians we drove east inland through some gorgeous lushous hilly scenery to a ancient rock art site, called Twyfelfontei ... [full story]
April 27th 2008Africa » Namibia After leaving Swakopmund, we drove north along the Skeleton Coast through the Namib Desert coastline. This area is protected, covering nearly 2 million hectares of dunes and gravel plains. You may thi ... [full story]
April 26th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund So we've been in the little coastal town of Swakopmund now for 4 days. It is suppose to be the top local holiday destination although i think (or hope) that is out of season at the moment as it is ver ... 8 photos[full story]
May 4th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund Sitting in an internet cafe in Swakopmund, a town on the Namibian coast. The music in here is appalling. At the moment we have a bizarre version of Bridge Over Troubled Water which actually sounds l ... [full story]
April 30th 2008Africa » Namibia » Windhoek It's been difficult getting internet access for any decent duration of time so sorry for the delay in blogging! I am a whole week behind now!
Right, where did I get to last time? Well, I think I me ... [full story]
April 30th 2008Africa » Namibia » Windhoek It's only been 7 days, yet I'm carrying on like one of those people who live in jungles for years and then turn up asking if the Nazis won. We've basically been living in a desert for the past week, ... [full story]
April 26th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund From Cape Town we headed to Stellenbosch, for 2 nights we stayed there to do some wine tasting and chill out time. Mark and I went to see 10,000 B.C. here while the rest of the group got wasted on sam ... 81 photos[full story]
April 20th 2008Africa » Namibia On the 20th we headed to the border crossing first thing as it was only a few kilometres from the campsite. We had to stamp out of SA and stamp into Namibia (all free). It took a few hours to process ... 15 photos[full story]
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