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		<title>TASA E-News August 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/08/19/tasa-e-news-august-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Please Note: This Newsletter is reproduced by kind permission of TASA, who are responsible for all the content therein. Their mission statement is shown below.
TASA E-News : the regular newsletter for TASA members
August 2008
Dear Member,
The TASA National Executive Board approached the Ministry of Finance, to obtain a directive regarding VAT on services rendered outside Namibia.
VAT: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An institution amongst journalists, Hannes Smith - alias Smithie - passes away</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/08/07/hannes-smith-passes-away/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/08/07/hannes-smith-passes-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is with great sadness that this website reports the passing, early on August 5th, of one of Namibian journalism&#8217;s favourite and most erudite sons. Hannes Smith, known universally as Smithie; he had enjoyed a long and hugely illustrious career in journalism and for the last 30 years ran his own paper, The Windhoek Observer. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divava Okavango Lodge &#038; Spa, Divundu.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/08/01/divava-okavango-lodge-spa-divundu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Wow! Divava got the story absolutely right.
 
Leading Lodges of Africa have developed quite a portfolio of establishments in Namibia over the past few years. Of course, several of their competitors have been pretty busy too. And the tourism industry continues to astound everyone here in the country with its rapid growth.  This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A sincere tribute, praising Telecom Namibia&#8217;s recent efforts.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/07/25/a-sincere-tribute-praising-telecom-namibias-recent-efforts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/07/25/a-sincere-tribute-praising-telecom-namibias-recent-efforts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The owner of The Namibia Experience, ever needful of the best possible satellite telephone and internet connections and service delivery at his remotely stationed office in the middle of the Namib Desert, shows hereunder his gratitude in a written missive to senior Telecom Namibia staff for their continued efforts to provide just that. It certainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central Lodge Keetmanshoop</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/07/18/central-lodge-keetmanshoop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Central Lodge grows, yet continues to set the standards.
Keetmanshoop, in the far south of Namibia, is one of those places that unerringly attracts both tourists and business people alike; for in these fascinating but mainly barren and certainly sparsely populated swathes of some of the country&#8217;s widest landscapes, there is little alternative! So where to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TASA E-News July 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/07/17/tasa-e-news-july-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Please Note: This Newsletter is reproduced by kind permission of TASA, who are responsible for all the content therein. Their mission statement is shown below.
TASA E-News : the regular newsletter for TASA members
July 2008
Dear Member,
In this edition meet the newly elected TASA Board, feedback from NWR and introducing the TASA Tour Guide Category. 
TASA AGM:
On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ntwala Island Lodge, Caprivi Region (2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/07/04/158/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ntwala Island Lodge, where serenity, nature and style delightfully and seamlessly unite.
You&#8217;ll discover Ntwala Island Lodge in practically the most easterly enclave of Namibia, sitting amidst a tiny island at the Mambova Rapids on the mighty Zambezi River itself. And what a discovery! As you disembark from one of Ntwala&#8217;s own boats, you&#8217;ll stroll towards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Lodges roll out their Tourist Information Centre and a lot more besides!</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/07/04/leading-lodges-roll-out-their-tourist-information-centre-and-a-lot-more-besides/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
A first of it&#8217;s kind for Namibia, the new Tourist Information Centre
 
The night of Wednesday 2nd July 2008 saw the official launch of the new Tourist Information Centre located in the Independence   Avenue in Windhoek.  Besides promoting its own products, Leading Lodges of Africa has made tremendous efforts in marketing Namibia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge, The Namib Desert</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/06/20/rostock-ritz-desert-lodge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Rostock&#8217;s genial host serves up a wacky event.
Wolfgang ‘Kucki&#8217; Kuhhirt has become a bit of a legend in the Namib over the past twenty years or so. This smiling Namibian, born of German descent, first created Kucki&#8217;s Pub in Swakopmund; it swiftly became the must-visit restaurant, famed for its cuisine, its atmosphere, its service and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Farm Corona, Gamsberg.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/06/06/guest-farm-corona-gamsberg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Farm Corona, sublime in the very heart of nature itself.
 
I have lived, with Brenda my wife, in the Namib Desert for several years, even qualifying in the year 2000 as a trained Namib Desert Guide through NATH (The Namibian Academy for Tourism and Hospitality); so we know the desert quite well, yet as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Island View Lodge, Kalimbeza, Caprivi Region.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/05/30/island-view-lodge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 09:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Anglers could not wish for more at Island View Lodge, birders too.
It all began like this; your hosts at Island View Lodge, owners Mike &#38; Stephanie Cavanagh, together with their son Garth and daughters Claire &#38; Cindy, always were avid anglers. The family spent at least three weeks annually fishing various spots on either the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Etosha building spree reflects increased Tourism traffic.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/05/09/etosha-building-spree-reflects-increased-tourism-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/05/09/etosha-building-spree-reflects-increased-tourism-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Etosha building spree reflects increased Tourism traffic.
Digu //Naobeb, the CEO of the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB), recently predicted that tourism arrival numbers in Namibia during 2008 might, for the first time, reach the 1 million mark. Not surprising, perhaps, since in the ten years from 1996 to 2006, tourists numbers virtually doubled to a total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Desert Adventures</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/05/02/living-desert-adventures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/05/02/living-desert-adventures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 16:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Super new charabancs make finding the Little Five even more fun.
A bit of a Land Rover fundi is Chris Nel, and as enthusiastic and knowledgeable a guide as you&#8217;ll ever meet. Chris has just had two Land Rover vehicles converted to his own spec, designed for the particular needs of his own company, Living Desert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Minister of Environment and Tourism appointed.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/04/25/new-minister-of-environment-and-tourism-appointed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/04/25/new-minister-of-environment-and-tourism-appointed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Burgeoning tourism industry gets new Minister.
All change at the top of the Ministry of Environment &#38; Tourism (MET) tree. President Pohamba recently shuffled his Cabinet cards and appointed The Hon Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to the MET&#8217;s top post. The new Minister of Environment &#38; Tourism comes with quite a pedigree and an awful lot of experience. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>//Ngoabaca Campsite, Popa Falls, Kavango Region.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/04/18/ngoabaca-campsite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/04/18/ngoabaca-campsite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[N//Goabaca Campsite, the perfect place from which to view the delightful Popa Falls.
N//Goabaca Campsite offers campers and day visitors the perfect location from which to enjoy the Popa Falls, a series of enchanting rapids where the Okavango river cascades downwards on its journey to the Okavango Delta in neighbouring Botswana. This fascinating area of Namibia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Okahirongo Elephant Lodge, Purros, Kaokoland.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/04/11/okahirongo-elephant-lodge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/04/11/okahirongo-elephant-lodge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A very special Kaokoland experience awaits visitors to Okahirongo Elephant Lodge.
The average rainfall in the Purros area is barely some 20 mm per annum whilst the dusty plains are assuaged only by the ephemeral Hoarusib River and its unlikely swathe of lush greenery, and the outlying Epako Mountains dominant and unforgiving; yet this area, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NACOBTA Newsletter: Part 2 of 2</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/04/04/nacobta-newsletter-part-2-of-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/04/04/nacobta-newsletter-part-2-of-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAMIBIA, A GEM WORTH INVESTING IN!
The Walvis Bay Spatial Development Initiative / Namibia International Investment Conference, jointly chaired by H.E. Hifikepunye Pohamba, the President of the Republic of Namibia and his counterpart H.E. Thabo Mbeki, President of the Republic of South Africa took place at the Safari Conference Centre &#38; the Windhoek Country Club and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NACOBTA Newsletter: Part 1 of 2</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/03/28/a-spot-of-travel-nacobta-newsletter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/03/28/a-spot-of-travel-nacobta-newsletter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION TO NACOBTA
First, the official line: The Namibia Community Based Tourism Assistance Trust (NACOBTA) &#8216;is a non-profit membership organisation which supports communities in their efforts to develop and operate tourism enterprises profitably as well as sustainably&#8217;. It is established under a Deed of Trust and has an independent Board of Trustees. So now this new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monteiro Camping &#038; Self-Catering, Windhoek.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/03/20/monteiro-camping-self-catering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/03/20/monteiro-camping-self-catering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Monteiro, a breath of fresh air right on the capital&#8217;s doorstep.
It is not always so easy to find top class managers or caretakers for tourism establishments these days; the burgeoning number of outlets has seen standards sometimes fall short of the ideal levels that such an engaging and fast emerging destination as Namibia would wish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism Radio Namibia</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/02/22/tourism-radio-namibia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/02/22/tourism-radio-namibia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Tourism Radio Namibia gives self drive visitors their own state-of-the-art tour guide. 
A host of electronic tour guides have just arrived in Windhoek, courtesy of a most innovative product for visitors that has very recently been introduced into the burgeoning tourism market here in Namibia. Tourism Radio Namibia (TRN) is a new location based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Thule, Windhoek.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/02/08/hotel-thule/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/02/08/hotel-thule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sea change in Thule policy benefits guests greatly.
The owners and management of Hotel Thule recently implemented far-reaching changes in hotel policy, moving away from the previously busy function and banqueting areas in order to concentrate on improving room occupancies by way of new marketing strategies, whilst moreover ensuring that the quality and overall experience of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Farm Kiripotib, The Kalahari</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/01/25/guest-farm-kiripotib/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/01/25/guest-farm-kiripotib/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Onwards and upwards at Guest Farm Kiripotib.
It is three years now since Hans and Claudia von Hase decided to welcome tourists to their enchanting farm in Namibia&#8217;s fabled Kalahari Desert. Able to accommodate twelve guests in two extremely imaginatively designed and well presented chalets and three further guest rooms, business has grown all the while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hoada Campsite, Damaraland</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/01/01/hoada-campsite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2008/01/01/hoada-campsite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Visit beautiful Hoada and benefit the community.
The Namibia Community Based Tourism Assistance Trust (NACOBTA) was initiated in 1995 by various rural communities involved in tourism. NACOBTA is a non-profit membership organization that supports and acts as the voice for communities in their efforts to develop tourism enterprises in Namibia. Through training, business advice, marketing, funding, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Border Posts opened at Mata Mata &#038; Sendelingsdrift</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2007/10/26/border-posts-at-mata-mata-sendelingsdrift/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2007/10/26/border-posts-at-mata-mata-sendelingsdrift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tourists set to benefit from new Border Posts at Mata Mata &#38; Sendelingsdrift.
The two recently opened Tourist Access Facilities at Mata Mata in the east of Namibia and Sendelingsdrift to the south will give hugely improved, easier access to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and the Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park respectively. Three presidents, Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch, The Kalahari</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2007/10/26/bagatelle-guest-farm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2007/10/26/bagatelle-guest-farm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mata Mata border post should benefit Bagatelle.
The Mata Mata border post, so conveniently situated for visitors to the eastern side of Namibia, and especially the Kalahari, was recently officially reopened by a triumvirate of leaders from Namibia, South  Africa and Botswana. This control point, previously closed since independence in 1990, will now serve as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohange Namibia Lodge, Otavi</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2007/10/01/ohange-namibia-lodge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2007/10/01/ohange-namibia-lodge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ohange Namibia Lodge, a real gem in the North, has such charming owners and much more besides.
Turning off the mighty B1 black top at Ohange&#8217;s entrance gate, you&#8217;ll encounter an approach drive that winds along for some 3 km towards the lodge that is little short of sensational. At once you&#8217;ll depart the fierce sun, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stiltz, Swakopmund</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2007/09/01/the-stiltz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2007/09/01/the-stiltz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Magnificent new villa complements the inspirational Stiltz in Swakopmund.

The Stiltz in Swakopmund, perched ingeniously on raised wooden platforms in the Swakop River itself, has gained a magnificent new centrepiece villa to complement its capacity and quality. Danie Holloway once again the designer and builder-in-chief; this most visionary and entrepreneurial of builders has, over the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The San battle on at Nhoma in Eastern Bushmanland</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2007/06/29/nhoma-camp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2007/06/29/nhoma-camp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Marginalised Ju/&#8217;hoansi San at Nhoma battle successfully to overcome their recent setbacks.
The last few months have not been easy for the Ju/&#8217;hoansi community living in //Nhoq&#8217;ma village at Nhoma in the Tsumkwe West area. September 2006 saw a devastating fire sweep through Nhoma scarring the environment and destroying flora in the very area where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Susuwe Island Lodge, Kongola</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2006/11/24/susuwe-island-lodge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2006/11/24/susuwe-island-lodge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A classic experience, at Susuwe, on the Kwando.
On an island in the Kwando River, under a massive panoply of magnificent trees, with sweeping vistas of perennial grasslands; here you will find Susuwe Island Lodge - deep in the heart of Namibia&#8217;s fascinating, untrammelled north-eastern Caprivi region. The Kwando River winds it way for over 700 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nhoma Camp, Eastern Bushmanland</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2006/09/03/nhoma-camp-eastern-bushmanland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2006/09/03/nhoma-camp-eastern-bushmanland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2006 09:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[See, and even do, things the Bushmen way&#8230;.
It is really refreshing to find a homespun tourism enterprise where the owners are hands-on, willing to share their huge experience and local knowledge with guests whilst being particularly careful not to over-expose the activities they promote. Arno and Estelle Oosthuysen own and personally run Namibia Adventure Safaris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Marmite Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2006/05/02/la-marmite-restaurant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2006/05/02/la-marmite-restaurant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 07:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[La Marmite will tickle your taste buds.

Martial Pouna is an engaging 33 year old who originally comes from the West African country of Cameroon. He settled in Namibia ten years ago, joining his sister who was working in the Corps Diplomatique in Windhoek at the time. Martial was studying medicine, but he had earlier received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ntwala Island Lodge, Caprivi Region (2006)</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2006/03/17/ntwala-island-lodge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2006/03/17/ntwala-island-lodge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ntwala Island Lodge, providing sensational accommodation and upliftment for the local community too.
The Islands in Africa group recently opened their dazzling new Ntwala Island Lodge in the most easterly corner of the astonishing Caprivi region. Sensitively developed to cause minimum disturbance to this most pristine area, the lodge sits on a cluster of tiny islands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Boundaries Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2006/02/01/beyond-boundaries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2006/02/01/beyond-boundaries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 09:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Beyond Boundaries - An expedition of disabled people creates history in crossing extreme, untamed Namibia.
It was in mid January 2006 that a specially selected team of eleven disabled contributors, all of whom had volunteered to take part in the most daunting of expeditions across the very breadth of Namibia, joined their guides and mentors at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Respect the environment, recognize the elements.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2005/11/05/respect-the-environment-recognize-the-elements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2005/11/05/respect-the-environment-recognize-the-elements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Always take care and tread lightly&#8230;
Two recent, tragic misfortunes should remind locals and tourists alike of the need to respect our environment at all times. In April a South African visitor to this country lost his life when attacked by one of the huge Nile crocodiles that inhabit the Kunene river on Namibia&#8217;s northern border, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving on the edge, Skeleton Coast</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2005/10/01/driving-on-the-edge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2005/10/01/driving-on-the-edge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 09:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Driving on the edge - an awesome 4&#215;4 trip trip into the Namib sand sea.
The Germans called it the &#8220;Sperrgebiet&#8221; (forbidden territory); to the South Africans and English it was more simply Diamond Areas 1 and 2. A strip of coastal desert along the west coast of Namibia, some 150 kilometres wide running from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rostock Ritz Fly-In June 2005, Namib Desert.</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2005/05/24/the-rostock-ritz-fly-in-june-2005/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2005/05/24/the-rostock-ritz-fly-in-june-2005/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 17:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
The third Rostock Fly-In is yet again another resounding success, and great fun, for all those involved.
The third annual fly-in held last weekend at Rostock Ritz proved a major success, much enjoyed by pilots and spectators alike. Meticulously organised by lodge owner Wolfgang ‘Kucki&#8217; Kuhhirt, who benevolently set aside all his Rostock accommodation to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Etosha National Park, simply magnificent</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2005/05/01/etosha-simply-magnificent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 07:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Etosha National Park, for game viewing at its very best.
The name Etosha National Park (ENP) is synonymous to both tourists from all over the world and especially to residents of Namibia as one of the premier game viewing areas on Earth. The Park nowadays comprises an area of over 22000 km2 with the salt pans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Skeleton Coast</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/2005/03/25/the-skeleton-coast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A definition of delightful desolation.

We will initially be flying at approximately 10,500 feet but as we approach the Skeleton Coast, we will come down to ‘see level&#8217; and should reach the camp by 12-30 hours. Heino Jakob, pilot of the single engined 12 seater Cessna Caravan - operated by Sefofane [meaning aeroplane in the Setswana [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Journey through Namibia - Chapter 1</title>
		<link>http://www.thenamibiaexperience.com/1998/04/05/a-journey-through-namibia-chapter-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 1998 18:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Digby-Clarke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Impressions gathered in a remarkable country.
A visitor follows the gravel road.
We had simply thrown some things in a suitcase, jumped in the Land Rover and followed the N7 as it meandered up the West Coast. The plan was to find out what had inspired our youngest son, Benjamin, to desert Cape Town not once but [...]]]></description>
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