Namibia

Visited in July 2002 at the end of my six-month trip through Africa from Uganda. I hitchhiked across the border from South Africa and visited Luderitz, Swakopmund and Windhoek from where I flew home. I also took a safari out into the desert at Sossusvlei.

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Travel Report

Hitchhiking to Luderitz
Luderitz & Kolmanskop
Journeying to Windhoek
Safari to Sossusvlei
Windhoek & Swakopmund
End of a long journey
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Travel Notes

Windhoek
Windhoek 2

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Photos

Luderitz
Swakopmund
Windhoek & the Desert

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Luderitz Photo Gallery

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View looking along Bismarck Strasse, Luderitz.	The colonial railway station in Luderitz.	View looking over Luderitz towards the harbour.
The Evangelical Lutheran church, the Felsenkirche, in Luderitz.	The stained glass window above the alter donated by Kaiser Wilhelm II.	The street leading down from the Felsenkirche.
The Goerke Haus in Luderitz.	Another view of the Goerke Haus.	The railway line leading towards the ghost town of Kolmanskop.
View looking over Kolmanskop and out into the desert.	The buildings of Kolmanskop being engulfed by the desert.	Abandoned buildings in Kolmanskop.
Buildings now surrounded by sand dunes.	A former grand house in Kolmanskop, most of the roof now missing.	One of the buildings in Kolmanskop restored to its original condition.