Detail of Victoria Falls, Livingstone

In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight ...

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August 29th 2008
... oder auch nicht. (sorry Babette, this one will be mostly in German. We are, after all, in Swakopmund, a town which is supposed to be more German than Germany, but I disagree with this, and I mean totally. There are a few street and other signs in German and there are some left-over colonial buildings which, however, do not look very German either. Otherwise it gives off a feeling more of the n ... 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