Plenty of Room to Land

The Windhoek, Namibia Airport has one runway in an immense area. (The runway is the gray strip in the upper right hand corner of the photo. The ride to town was through beautiful mountains covered in green.
Namibia is one of the newest countries in Africa and this week it celebrates the 20th anniversay of its' independence from Germany. There are reminders of the German influence in its' architecture, religion (it's almost 90% Lutheran - my Mom would be ecstatic), and its white population - the descendents of the original white immigrants.
The original settlers of Namibia are represented by the 10 different ethnic groups (tribes) that live there. 50% come from the Owambo tribe and others include Kavango(9%), Herero/Himba (7%), Damara (7%), Caprivian (4%), Nama (5%), Baster (6.5%), San (1%), and Tswana (.5%). The white population (German and Afrikaner - Dutch/South African) make up 6%.