The evening sun picking out the cliffs of many of the meanders

Fish River Canyon Day 1

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November 7th 2015
07 November 2015 There was a treat for us for the first 180k of our journey today, it was on a tarmac road! But in one respect it was the same as gravel, hardly any traffic on one of Namibia’s major routes. About 10 vehicles during its entire length. We had a coffee and apple cake, one of the local staples, at the delightful and amazingly remote Seeheim Hotel before facing another 100 ... read more

Africa » Namibia

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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