Travel
In 1908, a large diamond field was found near the southeast coast of Namibia. The area was so rich in diamonds that they say that the first miners to the area were able to scoop them out of the sand!
A town grew around the mining area. Soon, the German government at the time built a hospital and the town thrived with a power station, a school, a ballroom and activity center and other amenities.
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- El Amparo Mine And Ghost Town
Our host here at Delia's Trailer Park is Bonnie. We're the only ones here just now, so she offered to take us in her Jeep up into the mountains south of Etzatlan to an old mining town. The El Amparo mine was one of the most successful silver mines...
- The Desert Horse Inn
We recently spent two nights at Gondwana Collection's Klein-Aus Vista Desert Horse Inn. This lodge is the closest Gondwana property to Luderitz and the Kolmanskop ghost town. And of course to the wild horses of the Namib Desert. But you don't...
- On The Border Of Angola!
I was really looking forward to yesterday's drive. This would take us to an area of Namibia that we had not seen before. Out of the desert, and more like the Africa we had envisioned. To the northern part of Namibia, right on the border of Angola!...
- Elliot Lake, Ontario
Elliot Lake is an interesting town. Or at least it has an interesting history. In the early fifties, a huge ore body of uranium was discovered in this area. So the city was designed as a planned community for the mining industry, and by the late 1950's...
- Sossusvlei. Namibia's Dune Wonderland
Sossusvlei is an area situated within the Namib Sand Sea, the largest area of dunes in the southern part of Africa. Sossusvlei is situated in Namibia, one of Africa's least populated countries, within the Namib Desert. The Namib Sand Sea is some...
Travel
The diamond mining ghost town of Kolmanskop, Namibia
In 1908, a large diamond field was found near the southeast coast of Namibia. The area was so rich in diamonds that they say that the first miners to the area were able to scoop them out of the sand!
A town grew around the mining area. Soon, the German government at the time built a hospital and the town thrived with a power station, a school, a ballroom and activity center and other amenities.
Click here to read more...
- El Amparo Mine And Ghost Town
Our host here at Delia's Trailer Park is Bonnie. We're the only ones here just now, so she offered to take us in her Jeep up into the mountains south of Etzatlan to an old mining town. The El Amparo mine was one of the most successful silver mines...
- The Desert Horse Inn
We recently spent two nights at Gondwana Collection's Klein-Aus Vista Desert Horse Inn. This lodge is the closest Gondwana property to Luderitz and the Kolmanskop ghost town. And of course to the wild horses of the Namib Desert. But you don't...
- On The Border Of Angola!
I was really looking forward to yesterday's drive. This would take us to an area of Namibia that we had not seen before. Out of the desert, and more like the Africa we had envisioned. To the northern part of Namibia, right on the border of Angola!...
- Elliot Lake, Ontario
Elliot Lake is an interesting town. Or at least it has an interesting history. In the early fifties, a huge ore body of uranium was discovered in this area. So the city was designed as a planned community for the mining industry, and by the late 1950's...
- Sossusvlei. Namibia's Dune Wonderland
Sossusvlei is an area situated within the Namib Sand Sea, the largest area of dunes in the southern part of Africa. Sossusvlei is situated in Namibia, one of Africa's least populated countries, within the Namib Desert. The Namib Sand Sea is some...