On the road again and this time we were heading south west to Swakopmund. We passed small towns in lush thick bush, soon to be replaced by sand. Swakop lies on the coast surrounded by desert. It's beautiful but not very welcoming. The town has 20 000 permanent inhabitants, during high season probably the double. This time of year there were only German tourists. All personal in the shops spoke German, all the signs were in German and all the restaurants served German food.
We rented a big house with a cottage and stayed for two nights. The first night we went to Kückis, a very simple pub/bar restaurant. We had a nice meal and I enjoyed a big serving of sauerkraut. When we came back to the house we had a flat tyre. Fred had a small fit and was expecting the worse, it was going to take the whole day to fix so no sight seeing for us. Well, the next day we quickly found a tyre fixing place and they fixed it within an hour. Miriam and I used that time warming up for good shopping. We found some things to bring back.
In the middle of town there were a few pedestrian streets with an oldish central european look. It looked cosy and after some more shopping we eventually sat down in a coffee shop and had lunch.
In the afternoon we let the children enjoy the park, they had a lot of energy to let go of. We had some drinks by the sea shore. Later that night we had dinner at the Light House Restaurant.
It's now a reataurant.
Since we stayed only two nights, there weren't really any time for camel riding, quadbikes or sandboarding which are activities Swakop is famous for. We'll have to do it another time.
We've heard so much about this town but were a little bit disappointed. It's cute but also very touristy. Our family has fallen in love with the african bush, this was more Africa trying to look like Europe. Though it was very pleasant strolling around town and look at various Namibian crafts and art.
Lots of arts and craft shops.
Sunset in Swakop
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