The town of Swakopmund is the nicest, cleanest beach town we have ever been to. The Germans settled it and later the Dutch came. The buildings are all colorfully painted. Lots of great seafood restaurants and the freshest, best tasting oysters we have ever had! Don't miss the Lighthouse restaurant or The Raft in Walvis Bay if you visit.
In the afternoon, we took a sighseeing trip by plane to view the dunes from above. This area of Namibia is called The Skeleton Coast. The Atlantic Ocean is very rough here and there are many hidden reefs. For humdreds of years there have been shipwrecks here and as you travel along the coast (by water or air only for most of it) there are a multitude of shipwrecks, and from time to time a human or whale skeleton! This is a ship from early in this century.
This shot, taken from the plane, shows a huge, steep wall of sand that plummets into the ocean. It is very high and goes on for miles.
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