Sunday, January 23, 2011

Swakopmund

On the way down to Swakopmund we stopped at Seal Point. Here 100'000 seals live throughout the year. They stink because some of them died and rot in the sun and because they shit where they live. They regularly head out to the sea to fish and surf the waves. There is a constant noise level because they fight for the "best" spots. An amazing truly breathtaking place.
We thought about staying at Henties Bay, but decided otherwise and went all the way to Swakopmund. Apparently the Mallorca of Namibia. But the thing with Namibia is that everything always seems to be deserted. 2 million people live on a piece of land that is double the size of Germany. Swakopmund has some colonial buildings, but the main attraction is the sea, the waves and the beach. The water is too cold to bath, with the exception of apparently some Finish people.
We ate good at a nice restaurant and chilled most of the time in our "REKA home". We tried to explore the crazy nightlife of Swako, but we only encountered some teenagers with pimples. So we played some pool while Carla was fighting of the men - women seem to be scarce in this town.
In the morning we took a look at the dunes that are just south of the Swako and then headed to the capitol city of Windhoek.

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