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.
July 21st 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund We left Cape Town on time Wednesday morning, 5 days ago. Our first stop was in the Cederburg mountains north of the city. It was cold at night and dew formed, making it feel even colder. It's winte ... [full story]
July 18th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund
We are doing our best to get the mountain of pictures out that we took. Definitely we will not get them all out, but have a few more we thought you might enjoy. You have seen some of the animal ... 34 photos[full story]
July 14th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund Matilda has now safely brought us to Swakopmund, midway up the Namibian coast. Since Fish River Canyon we've also passed through Sousselvlei (which is meant to be Namibia's No1 attraction), a set of s ... [full story]
July 8th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund Hello all,
Well, I am now about a week into my journey and am loving it. My tour group is awesome - we consist of 6 Canadians, 4 Brits, 3 Americans, 2 Aussies, 2 New Zealanders and 1 Irish, and we ... [full story]
July 4th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund The overland trip is underway and it is great so far. The truck is huge and definitely well equipped for African overlanding. The people are amazing and we're having loads of fun both in the truck ( ... [full story]
June 18th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund
So Kirsten made it back and just typed up her expereince and we were hoping to download some photos while we are here. However, the internet cafe closed on us so we are now using the lodge's crappy ... [full story]
June 18th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund
I just got back from one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I did a tamdem sky dive in Namibia. Not nervous at all. But had to tell my tandem jumper that this has to be the only job in th ... [full story]
June 18th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund Greetings everyone from Africa. We are sorry it has taken us so long to get in touch. We have not had the opportunity to get online or even find an internet cafe until now.
Where do we begin? ... [full story]
June 16th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund We arrived into Windhoek and were pleasantly suprised by how modern the city was. It was liked we stepped into Germany- surrounded by German architecture and cleanliness. We spent the night at the Car ... 7 photos[full story]
June 11th 2008Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund Swakopmund is the activity centre of Southern Africa. You can basically do anything here from quad biking to sand boarding to skydiving. Our thrills came in the form of quad-biking and paragliding.
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