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    adventure, Explore, Discover

    November, 3 2023 in adventure, Explore, Discover
    The colourful world of the Zambezi – A photographic essay (part 3 of 4)

    Words Manni Goldbeck & Ron Swilling, Photos Lambert Heil & Ron Swilling

    By Admin
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    adventure

    October, 6 2023 in adventure
    ‘. . . Or you can change to Mainstay’

    Welcome to the republic of sunshine, a state dedicated to the pursuit of awesomeness.’...

    By Manni Goldbeck
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    adventure, people

    August, 11 2023 in adventure, people
    Rooftop tents: A way of life

    I can’t think of another country where rooftop tents are as popular, in demand and in use...

    By Manni Goldbeck
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    adventure, landscape namibia, history

    July, 14 2023 in adventure, landscape namibia, history
    The tower of fear

    An unusual tower juts out of the landscape at Nauas on the road between Dordabis and...

    By Manni Goldbeck
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    adventure, people, history

    June, 28 2023 in adventure, people, history
    The good ol’ water bag

    When I was in the local Agra the other day, a familiar item stood out among the farming...

    By Manni Goldbeck
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    adventure

    June, 2 2023 in adventure
    Neuhof - The forgotten reserve

    Unknown to many, there was once a reserve in the Namib called ‘Neuhof’ that dates back to...

    By Manni Goldbeck
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    adventure, Flora and Fauna

    April, 7 2023 in adventure, Flora and Fauna
    A tribute to mules

    ‘The mule always appears to me a most surprising animal. That a hybrid should possess...

    By Manni Goldbeck
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    adventure, history

    March, 10 2023 in adventure, history
    For the love of a Vaaljapie – The best little tractor around

    One of my fondest memories is sitting on my father’s lap while he drove his Vaaljapie...

    By Manni Goldbeck
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    adventure, people

    February, 17 2023 in adventure, people
    Our popular plakkies . . .

    I took this photo of plakkies on a beach in southern Angola. It sparked my curiosity and...

    By Manni Goldbeck
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    adventure, history

    January, 17 2023 in adventure, history
    Sandwich Harbour – ‘The loveliest place on the desert coast’

    So wrote naturalist Bernard Carp in his 1961 book “I chose Africa’. And it remains so....

    By Ron Swilling
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