The emptiness of Namibia

Day 8: Orange River - Fish RIver Canyon

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August 19th 2012
Well, that was a frustrating day (to begin). Our first stop was the South Africa/Namibia border. The border officer on the Namibia side muct have woken up on the wrong isde of bed, because she was quite rude. She made us list the make/model, serial number and RRP (in rand) of all cameras, lenses, iPads and laptops we were carrying as "part of the import rules", even though we were not importing th ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Fish River Canyon

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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