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Namibian carcrash

In Angola it's hard to crash in highspeed since the roads are to bad to gain momentum. In Namibia the roads are too good for some drivers (this can be seen throughout the country on all the crosses decorating the roadsides). I arrived to this scene five minutes after a frontal collision between two cars. Miraculously nobody got dramatically hurt and an ambulance wasn't needed.
The long ride

April 24th 2007
3000 km separated me from Aili who was in Cape Town, not that the corrupt immigration officers at Lobito harbour cared. On the contrary they did their best to hinder me to get down to Cape Town by refusing me to leave the boat. After 36 hours they realized I wasn’t going to pay any bribes and I was finally let ashore. I wasn’t allowed to stay with my friend Kabila, a ... read more
Africa » Angola » South » Santa Clara

Angolan Flag Angola has begun to enjoy the fruits of peace since the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS, and the National Union for the Total Independence o... ... read more
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