tortoise

Big for a tortoise

March 12th 2008
It all changed once I reached Grunau on the N7 heading north in Namibia. The hot sun was replaced by clouds, the wind became northerly. Towns became a lot further apart. Water wasn't piped in the large town of Tses and the road got narrower. As always, not booking ahead, and finding places still, I came to the capital to find places full up. So that was a first also. Still, that was then on the ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Windhoek

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

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chris

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Hello. I'm Chris and over the past 2 years I've been wined and dined by British Antartica Surveyin Antarctica and now, like a chick told to go find its own worms, I'll shortly be cast ashore in Cape Town South Africa, having to do my own shopping. On board the Shackleton I have my bicycle, shipped out in 2005. It has been left outside over 2 winters in temperatures dropping to -40C. Now it is about to roll down the gangplank and roll at least into town. I shall be heading north through Africa, although I don’t know yet the final destination. That will depend on Africa and how hard or e... full info

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