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the Brandberg rock paintings

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In addition to the White lady rock paintings in the Brandberg (of which I have posted the photos here), there are several other, more difficult to find rock shelters with San paintings – the San are commonly referred to as Bushmen. With a sketch map found in a travel guide at the time – this [...]
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the White Lady

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May 5th – Usakos I have a few days left for rock paintings in Namibia, the recurring theme of this Southern Africa journey. So far I have only seen the rock engravings, at Twyfelfontein and at Peet Alberts Koppie, but now I head for the Brandberg. This is the location of the most famous rock [...]
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Namibia’s South

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April 30th – Luderitz I know I keep repeating myself, but this country is unbelievably beautiful. Yesterday I made my way from Windhoek, where I rented a car, to a place called Maltahohe. On the way, I passed the small town of Solitaire, which honoured its name: there is nothing here, except a general store [...]
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the Skeleton Coast and Etosha

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thanks to the cold water upwelling along the Namibia coast, fishing is the thing to do! April 18th, 1991 – the Skeleton Coast The first few days of my two-week minivan tour was south of Windhoek, but now we move to the north. Our first stop is the seal colony at Cape Cross. I had [...]
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the Namib Desert

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April 13th, 1991 – Windhoek Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, is quite a nice town, with a small centre that, on further inspection, turns out to be almost the entire town. Pretty houses, shopping malls, supermarkets, all very well organised. But coming from Harare in Zimbabwe, the thing that strikes me here most is that almost everybody [...]
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