Situated along
the southwestern coast of the African continent, Namibia is truly
a land of remarkable contrasts. It is nearly four times the size
of Great Britain however despite its size is one of the most
sparsely populated countries in Africa. Namibia is the most arid
country south of the Sahara with average rainfall varying from
a meagre 10mm along the coast to 700mm in the northeast. The
country's landscapes are an ever-changing kaleidoscope. Along
the forbidding Atlantic seaboard lies the earth's most ancient
desert, a strange, silent and hauntingly beautiful wasteland.
Farther east is the central plateau and the charming city of
Windhoek, famed for its German colonial buildings. To the north
sprawls the great, life-giving alluvial plain created by the
Okavango and other rivers that flow down to nurture the magical
floodplains of Caprivi and the gigantic depression known as the
Etosha Pan.
the
grounds of the Windhoek Country Club Resort
Windhoek's
beautiful old Cape Dutch-style train station dates from 1912.
In
front of the station is the German steam locomotive "Poor
Old Joe", which was shipped to Swakopmund in 1899 &
reassembled for the run to Windhoek.
Windhoek
Station - all aboard!
Looking
across Parliament Gardens to Tintenpalast - parliament building.
Windhoek's
best-recognised landmark, the German Lutheran Christuskirche
c1907.
Some
famous German-Dude sitting on a horse.
Gibeon
Meteorite Exhibit in the heart of the Post Street Mall.
Upwards
of 21 tonnes of mostly ferrous extraterrestrial boulders was
deposited during a meteorite shower around Gibeon in Southern
Namibia
View
of Windhoek
Travelling
through the Khomas Highland
Travelling
through the Khomas Highland
Southern
Namibia's main highway runs straight as an arrow through the
flat, bone-dry countryside.
