Originally uploaded by gert.

Originally uploaded by gert.

Originally uploaded by gert.

Originally uploaded by gert.

Originally uploaded by gert.

From Rundu, it is entirely possible to visit Angola for a day. Currently Calai, Rundu’s twin town at the opposite side of the Okavango, doesn’t have any viable transport links with the inland of Angola. Most of the roads are still mined and there was heavy fighting as recently as 2000 during the Caprivi conflict, […]

Originally uploaded by gert.

I’m in Rundu: the entry to the Caprivi strip, at the Namibian side of the river Okavango (Cubango in Angola), with amazing views over the Angolan highlands. A bit more shabby to Namibian standards, the influence of nearby Angola is very strong, with a Portuguese speaking community and more mixed people than in Tsumeb.
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Namibia has a strange and schizophrenic feel about it. I’m staying in Tsumeb, a small mining town about 250 km from the Angolan border. The city center looks very American, one shopping street with non-descript South-African supermarkets, a grid of suburban streets behind the main street, a small German church, a park with lawns and […]

Santa Clara is very much the average Angolan town, leaving aside the countless and hostelerias and pensao’s lining the main street. At the other side of the border, Oshikango looks like an American mall strip with warehouses and supermarkets lining the road, all busy with Angolans hopping across to do their shopping. Not only is […]