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Travel, science, vacation, Stories & History, climate, transportation, Kaokoveld in Namibia, terra firma, Opuwo, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, planetary voyage, apollo 11 astronauts, buzz aldrin, jakob van zyl, the sky is not the limit, mars, japie van zyl, curiosity rover, Van Zyl’s Pass, nasa, associate director of Project Formulation and Stra
August, 24 2012 in
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The sky is not the limit
On that auspicious day on 20 July 1969, Japie’s mother went into his room in Opuwo, in...
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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, vacation, harbour, Stories & History, transportation, walvis bay, south west africa, desolate one, swakopmund 120 years, swakopmund lighthouse, Swakopmund’s first lighthouse, colonial-style houses, Marie Woermann, british possession, Swakopmund 120 years ago
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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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, Tourism Expo, gondwana, transportation, western namibia, donkey, affordable non-motorised transportation, Donkey Carts, African wild ass, German settlers, vast country, afrikaner farmers, mid 1600s, rural Namibia, karakul market, Namibian forms of transport, donkey cart, rural Africa, Namibian interior, donkey carts
May, 29 2012 in
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Donkey carts: The 4x4s of rural Namibia
Although you may think that mini-bus taxis, buses and bakkies are the modern means of...
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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, science, Stamps and Stories, Gondwana Park, brandberg mountain, nature, transportation, Fish River Canyon, plants, north-western Namibia, Museum of Natural History, gladiator, National Museum in Namibia, Mantophasmatodea, Oliver Zompro, heelwalker, Martin Wittneben, insects namibia, Gondwana Cañon Park
April, 2 2012 in
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Gladiator - Predatory Insect creates a new Order
At the start of this millennium Namibia caused worldwide headlines when biologists found...
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Travel, Mountain Bike Race through the Aus Mountains, vacation, outdoors, piet swiegers, hikers, wildly romantic scenery, Trans Andes Challange, nature, gondwana lodge, Wild Horses, marathon riders, cycletec, transportation, cars, Gondwana Sperrgebiet Rand Park, Aus Mountains, klein-aus vista mountainbike chellenge, mountain bike race, granite mountains, Klein-aus Vista
March, 26 2012 in
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Mountain Bike Race through the Aus Mountains
The second Klein-Aus Vista Mountain Bike Challenge will be held on 29 and 30 April 2012...
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Travel, Gondwana Collection Namibia, Stamps and Stories, National Museum of Namibia, Uncategorized, environment, Kwando River, AaWambo, transportation, makalani palm, VaKavango, West-Caprivi, East caprivi, Zambezi River, black Bushmen, Luyi-Balozi, Khwe, collecting bags, Hambukushu area of Kavango, Nyemba, bantu-speaking, Bantu-speaking People, Kavango area, HaMbukushu, Pópò-baskets, Professor Dr Oswin Köhler, oámà-baskets
March, 8 2012 in
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Traditional Basketry - The /oámà-baskets of the Khwe
A large variety of basketry has always formed part of the material culture of the...
