Day: June 2, 2019

We enjoyed our stay in Swakopmund very much. We went to the beach promenade this morning and went to the Jetty to the lookout point. The fog from the early morning had lifted. A few seals were swimming in the waves.

There are German names on every corner in Swakopmund, as the town was built during the German colonial period (founded in 1892). Really pretty houses and streets. We then hit the road again and drove 514 km to Outjo to Modjila Safari Camp. We have a nice spot and are the only campers here today. For dinner we made a delicious barbecue. It is windless and pleasant and a few bats are buzzing around.

Silke

The first view out of the tent showed an Oryx antelope right in front of our site. Fun blue-headed guinea fowl were also walking around the property.

After breakfast, we hit the road again. We drove 310 km exclusively unpaved roads towards the coast to Swakopmund.

On the way we have reached the Tropic of Capricorn, (the Tropic of South). On this circle of latitude the sun is at its zenith once a year at the summer solstice (21.-22,12,). We made a break on a gigantic rock in the middle of the desert, the bird feather mountain. In Swakopmund first of all the food was restocked. We decided today for a “firm” accommodation since it is quite fresh and landed in the Villa Sohrada. We have here a complete huge house with open fireplace for us. The parents of our hosts, family Schwietering (“Haus Westwisch”) come from Thedinghausen. We took advantage of the kitchen and fried pancakes.

Silke