We were three nights at Swakopmund, on Namibia's coast, aka the Skeleton Coast of Africa. We had been looking forward to this since, a) it included our first "day at leisure" on the trip, b) it was on the Atlantic coast, something I had been curious about, and c) it was a break in the awful roads and driving. Swakopmund itself goes back a hundred years or more (!), and we speculated d) there might be something interesting art nouveau architecture there, too.
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The Alte Brucke resort, where we stayed; alas, I did not take any
pix of the "campsites," which were utterly unique in our
experience: each site had its own little building, complete with
bath, cooking area and sink, plus water, electricity; even a safe |
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This was as close to art nouveau as we got; there was some
German "colonial," but most of the Swakopmund we saw looked
like a nascent Ft. Lauderdale, condos, beachy, ultra modern |
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| Scenes walking about town |
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| Safari truck with AC; this is how some tour the area |
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They loved their Kaiser (did I mention Namibia was a German
colonial possession (prior to WWI))? |
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| Nicely landscaped |
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| And a sense of humor |
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How others tour: a 4WD rental, tents on top and an aluminum
topper |
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| One of the better cell tower trees |
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| Old lighthouse; lots of wrecks on this coast |
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| Beach warning |
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| Too rough and too cold (15 degrees C) |
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| Post-colonial architecture |
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| More warnings: no hubbly bubbly! |
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| Playground and city museum beyond; we demurred |
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To our eyes, the town appeared mostly white and affluent; the
others lived in these housing projects way south of town |
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Miles of optimistic landscaping on the road to Walvis Bay;
did I mention that the land meeting the ocean is nothing but
sand? The Namib desert? |
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| Swakopmund pier; and beach; well, desert |
1 comment:
Wow! Interesting place.
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