Swakopmund to Spitzkoppe
After seeing flamingos and picking rubies in the sand (I found a couple of small ones but you would almost need a magnifying glass to see them) in Walvis Bay we arrived in Swakopmund. A very German town. This is where many people decided do some activities like: Skydiving, Quad biking, sand bo
arding, see fishing, and so on and so on. Me and Kathleen decided to relax, shop a little and one morning I went for a game of golf with Oliver while Kathleen was busy with one of her favorite activity, which is to read a book on the beach. We had a great time. The golf course was in the middle of the dessert but still green because off irrigation from a nearby river. We were told that some Springbok might be grazing on the golf course but did not expect herds of them more or less ignoring us playing through, only a couple of meters away. Oliver almost hit one once which apparently is not a rare thing to happen on that golf course.Swakopmund was a small but very likable town and one where I would not have minded staying a couple of extra days. Maybe it was partly because we got to stay at a very nice hostel which was a welcoming break from the tents but also because the town had a nice feel to it.
Leaving the town after 2 nights, we headed to a place called Spitzkoppe, where beautiful rock formations make the landscape (you might have a picture from there on your example wallpaper on your computer. On the way there we stopped briefly at a seal colony. It was very nice to see all the hundreds of thousands of seals but to the same extend not very nice to smell them. uuugggh! As we settled at 
Spitzkoppe some of us went on a bush walk. I passed on the walk because it was just too hot. We are talking, "can't even think" hot. After the others came back we mosied on to the Bush bar, and finished their stock of beer and sodas which wasn't that big to begin with. We walk back to the camp and saw the sunset over the rocky hills. Reminded me a bit of The Olgas in Australia. As we had dinner, Letitia asked us to fill our plates and then follow her. Then she walked up to the rock face and disappeared behind a tree making it appear as she just walked into the rock. When we followed we discovered a huge cave that had a hole up to the sky where Hermann had all ready made a fire. It was one of the coolest places I have ever dined at, and we even had roasted marshmallows : Pure magic. :) I love Namibia.
Next: Brian spots the first elephant
Spitzkoppe some of us went on a bush walk. I passed on the walk because it was just too hot. We are talking, "can't even think" hot. After the others came back we mosied on to the Bush bar, and finished their stock of beer and sodas which wasn't that big to begin with. We walk back to the camp and saw the sunset over the rocky hills. Reminded me a bit of The Olgas in Australia. As we had dinner, Letitia asked us to fill our plates and then follow her. Then she walked up to the rock face and disappeared behind a tree making it appear as she just walked into the rock. When we followed we discovered a huge cave that had a hole up to the sky where Hermann had all ready made a fire. It was one of the coolest places I have ever dined at, and we even had roasted marshmallows : Pure magic. :) I love Namibia.Next: Brian spots the first elephant
Photos:
top: A Namibian Springbok
bottom: An areal view of Spitzkoppe (click to enlarge)
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