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Portugal – Upper Douro
The Douro river is a large river running from far into the Spanish highlands, passing wonderful cities like Tordesillas, Toro, Zamora, Miranda do Douro, Pocinho and Peso do Regua on its way, until it completes its journey in the city of Porto, where it meets the Atlantic ocean. In this blog post I focus on the upper…
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Namibia – So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
The title of this blog post may seem a little strange, as it comes from a book in the Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy series, but is not out of place. First: it relates to my last days in Namibia, for this time. Secondly: it was fish that first brought me to Namibia. Third: Namibia…
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Namibia -Fish river canyon
Fish river canyon is the largest canyon in Africa and the second largest in the world (only Grand canyon in the U.S. is bigger). Although the landscape around it seems very flat, the fish river has carved its way through the landscape and formed a ravine that is 160 km long and at places 550 m…
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Namibia – Lüderitz and Kolmanskop
Lüderitz, Lüderitz, Lüderitz. How can I speak about this city without being biased and emotionally engaged? The answer is probably that I cannot. So this blogpost might be a little biased. Biased because I’m white, biased because many if my dear friends are not, and was not treated nice, biased because the city looks pretty…
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Namibia – Wild horses in Aus
In the southern part of the Namib desert, around Aus, you will find herds of wild horses. Horses would not normally reside in areas with such a dry and warm climate, so they must be imported from somewhere but stories as to where they come from are diverse. The stories range from those about a baron…
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Namibia – The Namib desert
The Namib desert stretches 2000 km along the southwestern coast of Africa. From southern Angola along Namibia and slightly into South Africa. Parts of it is called “the Skeleton coast” as many sailors have died, when shipwrecking here and trying to cross the desert on foot to look for fresh water and you can read…
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