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    adventure, history

    January, 24 2025 in adventure, history
    Shipwrecks of the Skeleton Coast

    Namibia’s Skeleton Coast is notorious for its rough seas, rocky reefs, sandbanks and...

    By Ron Swilling
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    history, people

    January, 17 2025 in history, people
    The epic journey from slavery to landowner

    This is the intriguing story of a woman called Angela van Bengale, who was one of the...

    By Ron Swilling
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    history, people

    January, 10 2025 in history, people
    Exploring Luderitz with Lawrence Green

    I tucked the well-known author’s book ‘So few are free’ under my arm while I walked from...

    By Ron Swilling
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    People & Culture, Arts and Crafts, oranjemund

    January, 3 2025 in People & Culture, Arts and Crafts, oranjemund
    Oranjemund stories

    The diamond-mining town of Oranjemund, tucked into the south-western corner of Namibia,...

    By Ron Swilling
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    Stories & History, history, Uis

    December, 21 2024 in Stories & History, history, Uis
    Uis stories

    It was the Moonshine Express, an old Ford F250, that stands out clearly in my mind from...

    By Ron Swilling
    Elephant caring, smiling Namibian Read More

    people, Pic of the week, Pics from the road

    December, 6 2024 in people, Pic of the week, Pics from the road
    Elephant carvings in the Zambezi Region

    Elephant carver Joseph Mbulwa Mbango, from the Simaya village west of Katima Mulilo,...

    By Ron Swilling
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    adventure, landscape namibia, On the road again, Flora and Fauna

    November, 29 2024 in adventure, landscape namibia, On the road again, Flora and Fauna
    On the road again – Country of space & soul

    This incredible Namibian day started and ended with the kindness of strangers. It also...

    By Ron Swilling
    Arts-and-culture Read More

    adventure, people, culture, Pic of the week

    November, 28 2024 in adventure, people, culture, Pic of the week
    Makalani keyrings

    Last week at the Christuskirche in central Windhoek, I came across Erwin Eichab, one of...

    By Ron Swilling
    History-at-its-best Read More

    people, history

    November, 22 2024 in people, history
    The Hillbillies of the Omaheke – The follow-up

    The story of the Bullik family posted recently on our Padlangs page touched so many of...

    By Ron Swilling
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    People & Culture, people, Pic of the week, Pics from the road

    November, 21 2024 in People & Culture, people, Pic of the week, Pics from the road
    Collecting water in Namibia

    Water collection is an important job in the family household and children are often sent...

    By Ron Swilling
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