Category Archives: In English

Jet wings at Walvis Bay

Posted on 12 June, 2012 by Anders

It is close to a month since I last visited Walvis Bay Tower. Walvis Bay is a “desert airport” located just 15 km east of the coastal town Walvis Bay. I was here to discuss the introduction of surveillance air … Continue reading →

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Camping in Namibia – 2. Rooiklip

Posted on 11 June, 2012 by Anders

What you see above are the three camping spots at Rooiklip Guestfarm. To get there you drive through the beautiful Gamsberg Pass and only 30 km behind it you find the road to Rooiklip. The camping spots are quite extraordinary, … Continue reading →

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Gamsberg pass

Posted on 10 June, 2012 by Anders

The last weeks I have been driving through the Gamsberg Pass a few times. Here are some facts and photos. (Photos with my Pajero in them are by Johan Piek / Des Holmes.) If you start in Windhoek and leave … Continue reading →

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Camping in Namibia – 1. Melrose

Posted on 31 May, 2012 by Anders

It took us some time to realize that in Namibia you should try camping. One thing I quickly realized was that we needed a lot of things… … and since this was only going to be camping for one night we … Continue reading →

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Kolmanskop 13: The Shopping Street

Posted on 30 May, 2012 by Anders

So – the final post from Kolmanskop! We have seen the Kasino, all the houses, the hospital and the bar. Now let’s go to the shopping street – “Kolmanskuppe Ladenstrasse”. Here we find “the Old Shop”… …which is in a … Continue reading →

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Kolmanskop 12: The Bar

Posted on 29 May, 2012 by Anders

So you build a small town in the desert and bring in 300 Germans. Of course you need a bar and the building above is supposed to have a past life as the Kolmanskop bar. Kolmanskop had its own ice … Continue reading →

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Kolmanskop 11: The Hospital

Posted on 28 May, 2012 by Anders

Of course there had to be a hospital in a wealthy and organised town such as Kolmanskop. The picture above shows the first hospital in Kolmanskop. Some of the equipment used is shown in a small room in the “Old … Continue reading →

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Kolmanskop 10: Doctor’s house

Posted on 27 May, 2012 by Anders

This is the entrance to the Doctor’s house. There were two resident doctors. One of them was Dr. Kraenzle. He had a strong belief in the use of a little wine or champagne to cure patients. Because of that the … Continue reading →

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Kolmanskop 9: Single quarters

Posted on 24 May, 2012 by Anders

The next two houses after the quarter masters’s house are the two “single quarters”. This was the houses for the single German men. Looking at the houses from this side they seem quite all right. But on the other side … Continue reading →

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Kolmanskop 8: Engineers house

Posted on 23 May, 2012 by Anders

This was the residence of the mining engineer Leonhard Kolle who stayed here with his family until 1935 when they moved to Oranjemund. A beautiful house with a huge veranda along the whole building. On the right hand side you … Continue reading →

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