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Namib Desert Lodge in TV Film on Emigrants

Posted in Namib Desert Lodge, tagged champagne sundowner, desert lodge, Emigrating to paradise: a new love, everyday realities, facebook, german television, gondwana collection, gondwana collection namibia, Münster in Germany, MiraMedia, namib desert, namib desert lodge, Namib dune, namibia, travel, true love, virtual realms, ZDF on May 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The true story of a young woman from Münster in Germany, who follows her heart and moves to Namibia, was shown on German television channel ZDF on Pentecost Monday. The film ‘Emigrating to paradise: a new love’, follows her everyday life in Windhoek, a safari through Namibia, her wedding in Swakopmund and it also features [...]

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Hoodia – Hardy Plant of the Desert

Posted in Stamps and Stories, tagged appetite suppressant and thirst quencher, Bushmen, environment, gondwana collection namibia, gondwana stamps and stories, hoodia, Hoodia gordonii, Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET), namib desert, nature, Paterson and Col RF Gordon, plants, San, science, South African San Council, Stapelia gordonii, succulent, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, travel on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

A true desert bloom crowned in the springtime by large disc-shaped crimson flowers, Hoodia has received much attention over the years, not for its ability to store moisture and thrive in arid areas or for its exquisite blooms but rather for its use as an appetite suppressant. In the last decade it has been universally [...]

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Twyfelfontein: The Fountain of Doubt

Posted in History, tagged Aba-Huab River, david levin, Dobbelsberg, gondwana, gondwana collection namibia, gondwana history, huab river, kaokoveld, karahul pelts, moth to a flame, namib desert, north-western Namibia, Nuichas, the fountain of doubt, travel, twyfelfontein, Uiais spring, vacation, western namibia on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Long before the Twyfelfontein engravings became a popular tourist destination and received recognition as a world heritage site, the land was visited sporadically by Damara people watering their animals at the trickling spring (or ‘fontein’ as it’s called in Afrikaans). It was named Twyfelfontein (‘doubtful spring’) by the farmer, David Levin, who settled on the [...]

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