Twyfelfontein to Swakopmund, Namibia 5 - 6 Nov 07

Cool coastal town for our wedding anniversary

After an early morning walk, then breakfast, Marcel drove us to the airstrip. There was already some turbulence due to thermals at 10:30 a.m. but the air became smoother as we approached cool Swakopmund by the coast due to the inversion resulting from the cool sea.
In the past weeks we’d been used to doing most of our activities in the early morning or late afternoon to avoid the worst of the heat in the desert, so it made a pleasant change to find daytime temperatures of about 20 C. It was also our first time staying in a town since we’d left home six weeks ago.
We stayed at the excellent Hansa Hotel, which had old fashioned charm as well as mod cons such as internet access from our room. After six weeks travelling, we had a number of duties to do that could only be done on the Internet. Flemming spent most of his time in front of the computer while I went shopping for some essential items. Perhaps we should have planned on spending two nights there instead of the one, as we were too busy to find time to visit the town with its historical buildings dating from German colonial days. Still, our wedding anniversary dinner at the hotel was superb, with oysters from nearby Walvis Bay and perfectly cooked fish to follow.