RECOVERED

Day 270

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July 4th 2007
Loooong straight road from Keetmanshoop to Luderitz (paved) with the Restricted Diamond Area on the left southern side, and the edge of the Namib desert on the right northern side. Got into the sandy stuff for the last little bit, came up over the hill and poof - the Atlantic Ocean! (first ocean we'd seen since Zanzibar) What a beautiful sight Luderitz is - incredibly colourful buildings everywh ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Luderitz

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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 gr... ... read more