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To: stormer

Skeleton coast, Sites of WWI & WWII naval raider battles.l former German colony after WWI administered by South Africa, Any of the German coloists left ? I think it still maintains some connections to Germany tourism and trade . I’ve heard that some of the Borers Afrikaners have resettled there .


17 posted on 11/13/2011 3:36:34 AM PST by mosesdapoet (To punish a province let it be ruled by a professor Fredrick The Great paraphrased)
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To: mosesdapoet

The Skeleton Coast is pretty interesting, but there are a number of areas where travel is restricted because of mining operations or are closed for conservation reasons. There is still a German influence (architecture, place names, etc) and there are a fair number of German speakers, generally elderly. Lots of Afrikaners and mixed race from South Africa ended up there fleeing apartheid. I know of several who emigrated after losing their jobs in SA because their spouses were mixed race. Tourists there are generally northern European or from neighboring countries SA, Zambia, and Botswana; exceeding rare to encounter an American.


19 posted on 11/13/2011 8:57:57 AM PST by stormer
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