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Welcome to my "Namibia & South Africa" stream of September 2009. Contrary to my usual...

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Arrival in Windhoek, Namibia's capital city in the country's center. The landmark Christchurch was dedicated in 1910.

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Namibia, or Southwest Africa as it was called 100 yrs ago, was a German colony until WWI and...

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Also many street names are in German, and some of them are pretty peculiar - this is "Sparrow's Lust street".

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Another old German building: The former German Imperial Land Survey is Namibia's Ministry of Finance today.

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Let's take to the road: Going north...

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... you pass endless Savanna plains with the occasional U2 cover (Joshua Tree).

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The agile springboks are found everywhere in the savanna.

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Baya birds build huge communal nests with downward facing entries.

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Nightfall draweth neigh as we reach the Okakuejo camp in Etosha National Park.

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The camp features a floodlit waterhole, perfect for spotting all your favourite animals, like the...

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Later, a huge procession of elephants arrives and takes about an hour for drinking.

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"Game drives" in jeeps or safari trucks are the only way to see the animals outside the...

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Gemsboks with their long, straight horns. This antilope is also found in Namibia's coat of arms.

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A spotted hyena looking for prey.

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A southern ostrich, largest bird on Earth.

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Silhouette of a group of springboks at a waterhole.

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Hunter and prey: A female lion eyeing some tasty springboks and gemsboks.

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