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Gondwana Collection Namibia, gondwana history, Stories & History, schutztruppe, San, world war I, Carolinenhof, lemcke, omaheke, Gobabis, war
April, 8 2013 in
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Benevolence in the Omaheke
War halts lives, draws people to new continents and changes destinies. All would be true...
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gondwana history, Suidwesdoring, namibian plant life, invasive plant species, gondwana, Stories & History, namibia plants, prosopis, auob river
October, 22 2012 in
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Prosopis – sought after at first, then rejected
It is often claimed that Prosopis made its appearance in southern Africa via Namibia. An...
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Travel, kalahari, gondwana history, gondwana, Stories & History, damaraland, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, albert voigst, voigstgrund, wecke & voigst
October, 16 2012 in
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By ox wagon through the arid Kalahari
In 1890 Albert Voigts from Meerdorf near Braunschweig in northern Germany travelled to...
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Travel, gondwana history, windhoek restaurant, Gondwana Collection, gondwana, Stories & History, Photography, vast open country, pub, best restaurant in windhoek, joe’s beerhouse, steak beerhouse steak, beer house, tourists, fantastic atmosphere, bushman sosatie, joe gross
October, 10 2012 in
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Collector’s Passion gives Joe’s Beerhouse it's soul!
His creative vein is evident everywhere. Joe Gross is a talented hobby photographer, the...
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Travel, gondwana history, vacation, Gondwana Collection, Uncategorized, Stories & History, Diamantberg, narrow gauge railway, diamond rush, Kolmanskuppe, evangelical lutheran congregation, church, Felsenkirche, Lüderitz
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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Travel, gondwana history, vacation, Uncategorized, Stories & History, windhoek, namibia history, namibian stories, doc immelman, elephant tusks, namibia's own storyteller, Ses Dooie Bees langs die Grensdraad, Ruacana tot Rosh Pinah, true storyteller, humorous anecdotes, writer, namibian author, buffalo skull, Andre P Brink, daniel ferdinand immelman
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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February, 16 2012 in
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Warmbad’s Mission House – the oldest Building in Namibia
Little does the uninformed visitor realize, which fascinating history lies hidden behind...
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Gondwana Collection Namibia, gondwana history, Stories & History, namibia history, german south west africa, memorable moments from namibia's past, namibian independence
November, 1 2011 in
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Get the Second Anthology of fascinating Tales from History!
Farmers armed with rockets and rainmaker aircraft, a suicidal groom in the desert, German...
