Sesriem Canyon

Leaving the tropics

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October 24th 2005
Up early again and once more we were on the road, this time to Sesriem. En route to the village of Sesriem we passed the Tropic of Capricorn, our first major point of longitude we passed overland. En-rout to Sesriem we paid a visit to Sesriem canyon, this was to be merely an entrée for the massive Fish River canyon to come, although beautiful and amazing in its own right. ... 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