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Swakopmund Slideshow
Swakopmund
Travel Blogs from Swakopmund, Namibia
A vast, vast place...
... miles and miles they wallowed and warbled, making their way in and out of the water. Intriguing. The deserted coastal 'resort' of Swakopmund was to be our home for the next few days and on first sight it seemed eerily quiet. The large roads lined ...
Adventure Central
... once a shallow sea-floor when Africa was joined to Australia. It didn't look much like the moon to me. Swakopmund is a beach resort on the northwest coast of Namibia. It was founded in 1892 as the main harbour for German South-West Africa and many of the ...
TIA
Hello! Do you remember us? It's been a long time ... We are sitting in an internet cafe in Swakopmund, an old colonial town in Namibia, South West Africa. As you may know, Namibia used to be a German colony, if only for a short time. But not too short ...
Little Germany
In Swakopmund we stayed at the Youth Hostel and got to know a group of soccer, volley and netball player from Windhoek that went there for a championship. They invited us to a beauty show to see the most beautiful from every region from Namibia. That was ...
Swakopmund, Namibia or Seattle, Washington?
We escaped the searing heat of the desert and spent three chilly days in the seaside town of Swakopmund, Namibia. It felt like home again, because the weather in Swakopmund is very similar to the weather in Tacoma, Washington at this time of year. ...
Restful day
... at a cute little coffee shop. We also went to the salt mine and saw a little bit of that area. When we got back to Swakopmund, we went browsing around the stores. Now we are thinking og going for supper. It will be an early night because once again we ...
The Skeleton Coast
... the Shibeen beers last night of course...haha. Eventually I got Mozza squared away and hit the Trans-Kalahari highway towards Swakopmund. Swakop is situated on a section of coastline known as the Skeleton Coast because of the havoc it used to cause to ...
Swanky Pants
... the coast. Drive through drier & drier country – then last 2 hours were across the Namib Desert. Arrive in Swakopmund (Swanky Pants) and wander around streets looking for accom. & a working bank machine. Find Alternative Space – right ...
Days 63, 64, 65 Sandboarding and chillin........
Arrived here on Sunday via Cape Cross Seal Colony. The Colony was massive 1000's and 1000's of seals and seal pups- on land and in the water and the smell that went with it was truly repulsive!! The following day we went sandboarding again but I didn't ...
Botswana and Namibia....home of KFC!!
... we had seen on the sides of the roads were wearing almost Tudor style full dresses and hats) but apparently we would meet many more in Namibia. After crossing into Namibia at a slightly creepy deserted border post we had two days of solid driving and bush ...
Sand Dunes, Sky Diving, and Seals
... the end results are always fantastic. The next morning we headed out yet again in Caprice, but only for a short 5 hour drive to Swakopmund. We arrived in town at noon, and were immediately taken to a tour agency. Before we knew it, Caroline was signed ...
the trip
... became exceptionally good, and we covered the distance to Walvis Bay quickly and uneventfully. Here we turned north and headed through Swakopmund, and onto the Salt road that heads up the coast, passed Henties Bay (where we put in some fuel, and ...
The Town Ship Tour
... not all about materialistic things, and having something like a TV is a huge privelege. After the township we went to a bar back in Swakopmund, where we had a dance and a few beers. It was fun again. Then got into the amazing beds at the hostel and went ...
Living the extreme
What can I say about the first week in Namibia...we climbed Dune 45 at sunrise, I jumped out of a placne at 10,000 feet over the Namibian desert, we visited a local school in Spitzkope and slept in a cave just so we didn't have to put up that stupid tent ...
City between the Desert and the Sea
... and less vegetated as we reached the coast, and pretty much living in the bush and small villages for the past 3 weeks, Swakopmund seems like a huge metropolis surrounded by desert dunes. There are buildings with more than two stories here. We ...
Fun filled day
... Namib Desert up and down, round and round the dunes. It was a perfect way to see the dunes and just like everything else in Namibia it was huge. I really enjoyed it and we went really fast, it makes me want to learn to ride a motorbike (sorry mum!). Over ...
Africa on tour
So its day 6 of my tour and I am having THE most amazing time!! Africa is amazing!! I am in Swakopmund at the moment and this is the first real signs of life we have seen since leaving Cape Town. My tour group is great, there is a real good mix of ...
Washin' the dishes...
... , I'll be camping out in the desert till I find some sort of transportation. If all goes well, I'll be back in Swakopmund on Saturday and can leave on an overlander vehicle down south to Sususvlei. If you can find the correct spelling of that city for ...
Swakopmund
... continued north along Namibia's skeleton coast, so called because it is the graveyard of so many shipwrecks. Swakopmund is a holiday destination for Namibian and South Africa's Western Cape holiday-makers and bills itself as Namibia's adventure ...
My New Home
... some lovely food that night which Millie cooked and then the next morning she made as French Toast....my favourite!!! We looked around Swakopmund the next day and i had a lovely pizza, picked up some lovely stones and generally just had a lovely day. ...
Overlanding to Vic Falls
... along the Orange River in a storm; hiked up Dune 45 for another spectacular sunrise; Quad-biked and sandboarded in the dunes around Swakopmund (Picture of me looking cool on my board to follow when I get to a decent internet cafe)...and we haven't even ...
Birthday Bash extravaganza
... Bushman and learned all about surviving in the desert. (See the film "Shaft in Africa" for more details) We've been in Swakopmund for a couple of days and are leaving tomorrow to head to the capital city Windohock (something like that) taking a trip to ...
Botswana to Namibia
... has been a while since I was able to update you all. Last time I wrote I was in Zambia, and now I am in Swakopmund in Namibia! After the Vic Falls we drove to Botswana where our main attraction was the Okavango Delta. This is a huge delta/marshland with ...