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we leave for Angola on the 5 th October via Ratel 72 in the south then to Ebo and west to the coast , our logo for this trip
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Awesome! Would love to be able to join you guys.
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I'm really envious of you.One day hopefully I can also see Angola again from a peacetime perspective.Enjoy and take lots of pics and share them with us .
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Andre lyk my jou weermag dae het jou goed gedoen. Jy kan Angola maar nie los nie ne!!
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more julle lanklaas gesels
groot ontdekking , die stertvin van Kapt Ed Every gevind naby Menongue in Angola
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hier staan Queros oud recce wat sy honourus xrux gekry het toe Wynand gevang was , nog n gedeelte van die Mirage
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Olifant Tank roepsein 53 , staanonder sy eie afdak by Quito , 52 en 12 A is nog in die mynveld
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die ou le ook daar naby Menongue
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the two crosses that we erected at Ratel 72 and the site where Lt Vince lautenslahger was shot down with his Impala
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Ratel 72 in southern Angola
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the site where Vince came down with his Impala
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Cahama in Angola a shot out T54
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a very dry Leba pass compared to previous years
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The lubango air force base ssen from the mountain above ubango
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at the very famous BRIDGE 14 where heavy fighting took place
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the well known town of EBU where a few of our men died during the seventies during OPS Savanah
the Angolans build n memorial and all the shot out noddy cars are parked here
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Great pics that bring back a lot of good and bad memories. Thanks for sharing Andre. :thumbup:
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here we go south along the beach to the south point of the Doodsakker
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you need plenty of speed to come up this dune from her at the southern point of the doodsakker we went through the desert to Espanheiro
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it took us two days through the desert
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the dune driving especially the navigation was a challenge
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Tundaval near lubango we slept here for the first time was great except for the wind
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massive mushroom , was realy not bad tasting
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shipwreck the Indepencia at Namibe harbour hats off to our recces
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the old Russian underground base in the desert , great place to spend a day
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:thumbup: !!
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Baie Nice Andre.
Dis beslis op my TO DO lys.
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Great trip report so far Andre.The pics are also amazing.
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