Quadbiking in the Namib desert

Swakopmund Sandboarding & Quadbiking

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October 9th 2005
Swakopmund is the action capital of Africa & very German, not that the two are necessarily linked, it's just the way Swakop happens to be. After Tim & Angus had skydived over the Namib dessert it was time for us to see a piece of the action. In the morning I (Luke) went sandboarding in the dunes which involved hiking up the dunes, waxing my snowboard & precariously making my way down all too quick ... read more

Africa » Namibia

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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