Gabi Christa

TransNamib: Dimensions of a Desert


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      TransNamib

      Dimensions of a Desert

      Gabi Christa and Uwe Scharf

      Impressum

      Publisher Sandneurosen – Travel Literature

      Birkenweg 4, D 87642 Halblech

      Tel +49 (0) 8368 9290, Fax +49 (0) 8368 9292

      e-mail: [email protected]

      ©Gabi Christa and Uwe Scharf

      Translated from German Version “TransNamib: Dimensionen einer Wüste”, published in 2010 and updated in 2015

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      We regret to have to emphasise that we cannot be made liable for any inconveniences whatsoever. The trips described by us are adventure trips and may include certain risks.

      Text: Gabi Christa

      Appendix: Uwe Scharf

      Pictures: Gabi Christa and Uwe Scharf

      Translated from German: Tork Liebezeit 2015

      Copy editing: Jane Dederick

      ISBN e-book: 9783939792093

      ISBN print: 9783939792086

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      Contents

       Preface

       Part 1 South Africa

       From Cape of Good Hope to the Orange River

       Cape Town – Mother City

       First Day – First Mishap

       Biltong

       The lonely North-West

       Acquiring the Visa for Angola

       Little Lie - Big Lie – Statistics

       Part 2 Namibia

       Father of the Namib

       Snow in the Desert, Aus

       The Heart of the Namib Desert

       The declaration of the Sperrgebiets in the Namib Desert

       Kolmanskop

       Water in the Desert

       Lüderitz, an Artificial Oasis

       Diamond Area Sperrgebiet 1

       Pomona

       Märchental Valley and Bogenfels Arc

       Namdeb

       Pictures Sperrgebiet 1

       Sperrgebiet 2, Lüderitz – Walvis Bay

       Invisible Dimensions Dimensions of a Desert

       Self-Confidence in the Dunes and the Weather

       Fischersbrunn, Tsauchab Delta and Whale Cemetery

       Ship wreck and Diamonds in the Desert

       Grillenberger and a Cemetery in the Desert

       “Edward Bohlen” and Captain Parow

       Second Breakdown

       Topnaar and !Nara near Sandwich Harbour

       Pictures Sperrgebiet 2

       Salt in the Desert, Walvis Bay and Swakopmund

       Messum Crater

       Elephants in the Desert, in Huab Valley

       Lions in the Desert, in the Hoanib and Hoarusib

       Light Beacons in Outer Space

       Himbas

       Kunene River

       Part 3 Angola

       Immigration and the President

       Social Affairs and Health Systems

       Big Enemies, Small Enemies, the Independence Struggle

       Sports

       Back in the Desert