Beginning of Sunset

Sandboarding & Quadbiking in Swakopmund

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July 18th 2012
As I had my trip to the Sossuvlei arranged, I had enough time to take a bus out to Swakopmund for a few days. This was pretty straightforward and the journey took about 4 hours, although the Atlantic Ocean was visible from about 40km away as we approached the end of the Namib deseret. There I found my hostel Desert Sky, easily enough. It had been freezing cold at night time in Windhoek, so I had e ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund

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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