Fighting elephants, Thebe river, Botswana

Last days in Africa

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November 20th 2008
Hi everyone from Swakopmund, Namibia. Since leaving Victoria Falls a couple of weeks ago we have now finished the westward leg of our journey and are on the Atlantic coast in the old German colony town of Swakopmund. On our way here we initially had a brief stop at Botswana's Chobe national park (Thebe river). Here we had an evening cruise up the river into the national park, this stop was ... 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