Tag: africa
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Cape Verde
April 18, 19 Macaronesia is a collection of islands about 350-400 miles off the coast of West Africa which are part of the mid-Atlantic range. The islands include the Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, and Cape Verde. We will be visiting Praia, on the island of Santiago, and Mendolo on Sao Vicente Island….both part of Cape…
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Luderitz, Namibia (formerly German Southwest Africa)
April 6 Situated on one of “the least hospitable coasts,” Luderitz is lots like a small, outdated western town designed by Germans. There are primarily dirt roads which host several turn of the century German Art Deco buildings. It has a railway station which used to be open when the railway operated. What used to…