by Bernd Grahl | Aug 11, 2017 | African Stories, History Books, Namib Desert Lodge, Namib Desert Lodge, Namibia Story, Stories & History, Uncategorized
The title may seem slightly odd. The harsh, hot, dry desert… and we want to call it nurturing? It may seem crazy, but we have not lost our minds. Some may have read the book “Wennes Krieg gibt, gehenwir in die Wüste” or seen the film adaptation, The Sheltering Desert....
by Bernd Grahl | Mar 17, 2017 | History Books, Stories & History, Uncategorized
In the mid-1800s, the invention of the sewing machine revolutionised the sewing industry and transformed people’s lives. It made its way to the southern hemisphere where it remains, more than a century later, a treasured and well-used item… Oblivious to...
by Bernd Grahl | Feb 26, 2016 | History Books, Miscellaneous, Namib Desert Lodge, Namib Desert Lodge, Namibia Story, Nature Conservation, Stories & History
How does the Dancing White Lady spider find its way back to its den in an almost straight line after hours of zigzagging about? What can we do to prevent deserts from spreading? And above all, where do we get answers to such interesting and vital questions? The last...
by Bernd Grahl | Feb 19, 2016 | African Stories, Animals, Fishing in Namibia, History Books, Miscellaneous, Stories & History, Swakopmund, Swakopmund Hotel, Walvisbay
They are powerful and gentle, inquisitive and wise, compassionate and social. Nevertheless whales have been hunted worldwide for centuries because of the many products that they provide: food, oil, gelatine, soap and basic ingredients for cosmetics and medicines....
by Bernd Grahl | Jan 8, 2016 | History Books, Miscellaneous, Stories & History
It is the year 1907. Settler families in German South West Africa live on remote farms and in small villages far apart from one another. The means of transportation are slow and uncomfortable and there are hardly any roads worth mentioning. Serious illness becomes...
by Bernd Grahl | Sep 26, 2014 | History Books, Miscellaneous, Tourism Expo
At this year’s Windhoek Show Gondwana Collection presents its new book The People of Namibia’s Eastern Zambezi Region by Antje Otto and Mannfred Goldbeck. It is available in the Gondwana hall at the Windhoek Showgrounds or at the Gondwana offices in Klein Windhoek (42...
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