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Snow in Aus, Namibia!
This morning, Wednesday 15th of August 2012, the small town of Aus in the south of...
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August, 10 2012 in
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Sand fleas and Wooden huts - Swakopmund 120 years ago
January 1905. The steamship Professor Woermann lies in the roads off Swakopmund. Leaning...
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August, 8 2012 in
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Everlasting Church on a Rock between the desert and the sea
Defying the elements, Felsenkirche (the Church on the Rock) has been overlooking the...
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August, 3 2012 in
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The Hoba Meteorite - Fragment of a Dwarf Planet
The meteorite on the farm Hoba, some 20 km west of Grootfontein.
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Travel, science, Stamps and Stories, Gondwana Collection, gondwana, nature, climate, Kamangu, kalahari sand, harvesting devil's claw, healing plants, devils claw, kalahari sands, harpagophytum procumbens
July, 27 2012 in
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Devil's Claw - Kalahari's Treasure
Kalahari's sands harbor unusual treasure. The Devil's Claw is one such gem, known to...
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July, 23 2012 in
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Okambulumbumbwa - Musical Bow of the AaWambo
Among the people of Namibia various musical bows are known. Basic types include...
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July, 13 2012 in
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Black Eagle - A magnificent Doyen of the Hills and Mountains
The black eagle or Verreaux’s eagle, as it’s officially called, is one of four large...
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July, 4 2012 in
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Namibia’s own Storyteller: Doc Immelman
With over 2000 columns and more than forty books written, Doc Immelman is a prolific and...
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June, 28 2012 in
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Leopard Tortoise - Master of Survival
Few tortoise species are as well-known as the African leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys...
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June, 20 2012 in
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Mbalantu - The eembuvi-plaits of the Women
The Mbalantu live in the extreme northern parts of the Omusati Region and part of their...
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June, 14 2012 in
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Our African Penguin - On the List of endangered Species
It’s surprising to think of penguins in the African heat rather than in colder climes,...
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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, Stamps and Stories, Republic of Upingtonia, Dr Georg Hartmann, Trek Boers, vacation, swa, Dr Philaletes Kuhn, South West Africa Company, Grootfontein, georg hartmann, gondwana, friendly Boer settlement, german consul, Grootfontein District, futile efforts, Lieutenant Steinhausen, Transvaal-Boers, Hereroland, south west africa, stamps and stories
June, 14 2012 in
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The Dorslandtrek (II) - Commandant Lombard and his group
The previous issue discussed the futile efforts of the first Trek Boers to establish...
