A Diamond Ghost Town in Namibia
I am writing this in Luderitz, a remote, weather-beaten, windswept former German town set in an isolated spot... Read More »
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A Diamond Ghost Town in Namibia
14 days ago | Outside Pattaya - Photo Stories from Abroad - Travel Thailand & beyondI am writing this in Luderitz, a remote, weather-beaten, windswept former German town set in an isolated spot on the craggy Namibian coast. Unfortunately well past its heyday, it sits gently dying, largely unloved and well off the beaten track, with very few visitors. Luderitz church - built on bare rock That’s probably because the only way to get here is to drive for hours through featureless, baking hot desert ... Read More
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