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Arrival in Windhoek

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September 22nd 2008
It has been a week since I arrived in Windhoek Namibia. The journey from Toronto, via Washington DC, via Johannesburg via Narnia, was tiresome to say the least. Huddled in my cramped seat, I pondered various medieval torture techniques and how they held up against a 16-hour plane ride in coach. As I wiggled my toes relentlessly trying to stop the onset of deep vein thrombosis, there weren’t enou ... 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