Angola

The Fairy Circles of the Namib Desert (Desert Week 2012)

The Namib Desert is not only the oldest desert in the world, but it has its own shipwrecks, 900-year-old tree "skeletons", and some of the highest sand dunes in the world. However we covered all those things in our 2008…

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Tuesday, 10th July 2012

Luzamba airport: plane-wreck central

If you're a nervous flier, you'd do well to avoid Luzamba airport in northern Angola1. It's not so much that lots of aircraft crash here (although it seems it's hardly a rare occurence) — more the fact that the wrecked…

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Wednesday, 7th October 2009

The Namib Desert (Desert Week)

Welcome to the first annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week! The Namib Desert in Namibia and Angola forms part of the Namib-Naukluft National Park, and covers an area of…

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Monday, 16th June 2008

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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