Lydia & Emily

Civilisation

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April 30th 2008
It's only been 7 days, yet I'm carrying on like one of those people who live in jungles for years and then turn up asking if the Nazis won. We've basically been living in a desert for the past week, where the people live in actual mud hut style houses and there are very few facilities. Suddenly we're in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia and the fact they have actual buildings made from concrete ( ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Windhoek

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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