I had a much better night’s sleep, I took one of the spare mattresses that we had packed in for Ga & Kirst, so I had some extra padding for the night (one will have to sleep on floor when they join us). We woke early, had breakfast, packed and were ready to leave by 8:00. We are getting into a routine of what goes where and by the end of the trip we should be pretty good campers.
The journey to Swakopmund was a drive of major contrasts. We left behind the red dunes and travelled through the Gaub Pass and Kuisib Canyon, this was a beautiful area of flowing rivers and grassy hillocks. The terrain into Walvis Bay was a return to the white desolate sands of the coastal regions. The long sand and stone road returned to tar and the Atlantic Ocean was in front of us.
The 40km trip from Walvis to Swakopmund was something of an enigma for me, desert on the right and sea on the left. I am so used to the tropical vegetation of Natal and don’t associate desert and sea side by side.
Robs was very excited about visiting Swakopmund, as she had visited the area two months previously on a Round Square Conference and had fallen in love with the town. We checked into the Sea Horse Holiday flats, our home for the next 3 nights, then went exploring around the city centre. Swakopmund is a neat town, with no litter and like the rest of Namibia, has a distinctly German influence.
We had dinner at ‘The Wreck’, a restaurant shaped like the front end of the Titanic. Another stunning meal of oysters & prawns, white wine and the great company of my husband and daughter.
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