Comments on: Namibia 2.0, from the banks of the Kavango River https://stuckinlowgear.com/namibia-2-0-from-the-banks-of-the-kavango-river/ Independent overland travel throughout Africa Fri, 26 Aug 2022 19:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kaokoland Aborted. Swakopmund Instead. - Stuck In Low Gear https://stuckinlowgear.com/namibia-2-0-from-the-banks-of-the-kavango-river/#comment-289 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 19:35:30 +0000 https://stuckinlowgear.com/?p=2408#comment-289 […] our trip is not over yet (we fly home in September) we were, more or less, coming full circle from where we had departed last October. The goal now was to spend some time up in the remote Kunene region, in the very northwest of the […]

]]> By: Barry https://stuckinlowgear.com/namibia-2-0-from-the-banks-of-the-kavango-river/#comment-58 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 01:34:01 +0000 https://stuckinlowgear.com/?p=2408#comment-58 Good to see you on the road again and enjoying the blog. The nitty gritty is very helpful for someone wanting to something similar (nitty gritty sounds like what you might find in your children’s hair after a school trip to the beach).
Cheers SANZ off the 4×4 Forum

]]> By: Andrew https://stuckinlowgear.com/namibia-2-0-from-the-banks-of-the-kavango-river/#comment-57 Sat, 23 Oct 2021 03:56:39 +0000 https://stuckinlowgear.com/?p=2408#comment-57 In reply to Ortelius.

Ah, yes, that makes sense. Thanks!

]]> By: Ortelius https://stuckinlowgear.com/namibia-2-0-from-the-banks-of-the-kavango-river/#comment-56 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 18:51:13 +0000 https://stuckinlowgear.com/?p=2408#comment-56 So good to know that you two are on the road again! Wish you smooth rolling, but with lots of excitement.

Re your remark about the (re)naming of the Caprivi strip (“aka the Caprivi, though the reasons for the name change remain unclear to me”):
As bizarre as it is, this part of Africa got its “popular” name relatively recently, during the “scramble for Africa”, at the end of the 19th century. It was named after a nowadays almost forgotten German general and chancellor Leo von Caprivi, who, incidentally, never set his foot on African soil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_von_Caprivi

Being named after a person who never has had any real connection with the region, I think it is no surprise that they opted for a more “neutral” name.

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