Sossusvlei

Day 291

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July 25th 2007
After a night in Walvis Bay (which included a second walk up Dune 7, and the demise of my second camera of the trip) back to Solitaire, this time indulging in a piece of Africa's best apple strudle (it could very well be true!). Yet another sundowner in the car enroute to our destination. Decided to splurge for yet another night on one of the "luxury tents" at the Sossusvlei Desert Camp ($60/perso ... read more

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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