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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Namibia – Swakopmund and Walvis Bay

    The beach resort Swakopmund is where I lived one year in the late 90’s and where I still have good friends. It was such a treat to be back, so I really just wanted to stay there for weeks. Swakopmund has a wonderful city-beach that people in the summer months, and especially around Christmas-time, which…

  • Namibia – Desert elephants and Twyfelfontein rock engravings

    The road between Etosha and Swakopmund had an amazing beauty. The colours of the landscape shifted between yellow, red, pink, green and brown and black. Namibia is very rich in minerals and mining is one of the main sources of income for the country. Along the road, we saw people selling precious stones and handcrafted…

  • Namibia – Western Etosha to Dolomite

    The western part of Etosha national park was unexplored territory for us. This part used to be closed for tourist before and only opened up around 2014. We started the westward journey at the Etosha pan, around along Wolfsnes. We had quite low expectations, as we had seen few animals the day before, due to…