Coastal fog banks come into view, Skeleton Coast |
We get a break in the fog to spot the Atlantic |
Atlantic Ocean, Skeleton Coast |
Low level down the coast north of Mowe Bay |
Mowe Bay, Skeleton Coast, Namibia |
Mowe Bay, Skeleton Coast, Namibia |
Airstrip at Mowe Bay (FYMW) |
Terrace Bay, Skeleton Coast |
Terrace Bay, Skeleton Coast |
Terrace Bay, Skeleton Coast |
Mining operation near Terrace Bay |
Low level down the Skeleton Coast Road |
You can go 50 miles without seeing a vehicle |
FL002 |
Skeleton Coast, Namibia |
Skeleton Coast |
Finally, signs of life! |
Torra Bay, Skeleton Coast |
Skeleton Coast Road |
Flying low along the coast. Left turn ahead. |
Intersection ahead |
Low-level |
Khorixais, left, Henties Bay forward |
Skeleton Coast |
Ugab River (dry), Skeleton Coast |
Airfield near Cape Cross |
Nearing Swakopmund |
Swakopmund, on the central Namibian coast |
Approaching Swakopmund by air from the north |
Interesting complex north of Swakopmund |
Settlement of small dwellings on the outskirts north of Swakopmund |
Outskirts of Swakopmund |
Swakopmund Airport (FYSM) |
Swakopmund Airport is not very busy |
The runways at Swakopmund can be difficult to distinguish from the desert |
Swakopmund Airport (FYSM) Rwy 06 |
Approach to Runway 24 at Swakopmund |
Another flying day successfully completed |
Terminal at Swakopmund |
Hazzard from above |
Crew Car |
Heading into Swakopmund |
Driving into town, the dunes rise over the rooftops |
Swakopmund, Namibia |
Dinner the first evening at the Swakopmund Brauhaus |
Namibian flag at the Swakopmund Brauhaus |
After dinner, we met up with Eckhart's family at Zur Weinmaus |
German Evangelical |
Lutheran Church, Swakopmund |
Namib High School, built in 1913 during the German colonial era |
Bahnhofstrasse, Swakopmund |
Namibian and South African flags |
Swakopmund Hotel |
Swakopmund Hotel |
The Swakopmund Hotel was built in the historic 1901 train station |
Swakopmund Hotel |
Swakopmund Casino |
Bahnhofstrasse, Swakopmund |
Swakopmund |
Alte Amtsgericht, 1906 |
Alte Amtsgericht, Swakopmund |
Kristall Galerie |
Swakopmund |
Bahnhofstrasse & Tobias Hainyeko St, formerly Gernisonstrasse |
Namibia Police Station |
Namibia Telecom |
Swakopmund is a tri-lingual town - Afrikaans, German and English |
Swakopmund Municipality Head Office |
Most of the old German street names have been changed: Poststrasse to Daniel Tjongarero Street |
Poststrasse/Daniel Tjongarero Street |
Swakopmund, Namibia |
Marine Monument, Swakopmund |
Monument for the German soldiers killed during the Herero rebellion 1904-1905 |
Marine Monument |
Kaiserliches Bezirksgerichts (State House) 1902 |
Market by the old State House |
Market by the old State House |
Market by the old State House |
Lighthouse and Kaiserliches Bezirksgericht, Swakopmund |
Swakopmund Lighthouse |
Swakopmund Lighthouse |
Palm Beach, Swakopmund |
The Mole, Swakopmund |
View from The Mole, Swakopmund |
Swakopmund |
Modern beachfront houses, Swakopmund |
Moltekestrasse, Swakopmund |
Moltkestrasse, Swakopmund |
Namibian Free Press, Swakopmund |
Photo Studio, Moltkestrasse, Swakopmund |
Ankerplatz, Swakopmund |
Bank Windhoek |
Kaiser Wilhelm Strasse & Moltkestrasse, Swakopmund |
Peter's Antiques, Swakopmund |
German colonial memorabilia, Peter's Antiques |
Kaiserliches Zollabfertigungsstelle Swakopmund |
Peter's Antiques, Swakopmund |
Bargain Corner, Moltekestr & Bruckenstr |
Hohenzollern Building |
Hohenzollern Building |
In May 2005, the Hohenzollern Building was for sale |
Hohenzollern Building |
Hohenzollern Building in the evening, Swakopmund, Namibia |
Hohenzollern Building |
Dunebuggy in Swakopmund |
Biltong - dried meat the locals love |
Woermannhaus, Bismarckstrasse, Swakopmund |
Woermannhaus |
View from the tower of the Woermannhaus |
Hohenzollern Haus from the Woermann tower |
Lutheran church, Swakopmund |
Dunes behind Swakopmund |
Swakopmund oceanfront and aquarium |
Swakopmund |
German colonial architecture, 1910 |
Kaiserstrasse & Bismarckstrasse, Swakopmund |
Bismarck Medical Centre, Swakopmund |
German colonial building, Bismarckstrasse |
German colonial building, Kaiserstrasse (Sam Nujoma Street) |
Beachfront homes, Swakopmund |
Namib Primary School, Swakopmund |
Swakopmund |
Maersk Line container ship, Walvis Bay |
Strandstrasse, Swakopmund |
Sea Rescue Institute of Namibia |
Jetty at Swakopmund |
Jetty at Swakopmund |
Girl on the beach near the Jetty, Swakopmund |
The cold Atlantic at Swakopmund |
National Aquarium, Swakopmund |
Swakop Strand |
The source of that great Namibian beer, Hansa Brewery, Swakopmund |
Hansa Brauerei |
Hansa Brewery |
Swakopmund Laundry, Swakop Street |
Alte Kaserne, Swakopmund, 1906, now the Youth Hostel |
Alte Kaserne, Swakopmund |
Prinzessin-Rupprecht Residenz in the old colonial hospital (Lazarett) |
Bismarck Strasse, Swakopmund |
Bacchus Tavern, Swakopmund |
Bismarck Strasse, Swakopmund |
Fagin's Pub, Roon Street |
Atlanta Cinema, Swakopmund |
Lighthouse and Kaiserliches Gerichtshof at dusk, Swakopmund |
Lighthouse at dusk |
Lighthouse, Swakopmund |
Lighthouse and the full moon |
The Lighthouse Restaurant is a good place for a sundowner in Swakopmund |
Sunset over The Mole, Swakopmund |
Sunset |
Sunset, Swakopmund |
Sunset |
Sunset, Swakopmund |
Sunset |
Sea bird at sunset |
Sunset |
Colorful clouds after sundown |
Swakopmund |
Swakopmund |
The house of Eckhart's father and stepmother in Swakopmund |
Neighbor's house, Swakopmund |
Central garden, Swakopmund |
Eckhart, his father and stepmother |
Our group with Eckhart's family |
Eckhart's father is in the Swakopmunder Maennersangverein |
Headed back to the airport for our flight along to Sossusvlei |
Wings Over Africa |
Pleasure Flights and Safari's, Swakopmund Airport |
Charly's Desert Tours |
Swakopmund |
Swakopmund |
Swakopmund |
Along the beach, Swakopmund |
Swakopmund |
Central Swakopmund |
Swakopmund |
Swakopmund |
Sandy desert between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay |
Vacation communities between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay |
Between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay |
Park between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay |
Ships off Walvis Bay, Namibia |
Walvis Bay, the strategic port which was held by South Africa until 1994, 4 years after Namibian independence |
Walvis Bay |
Fishing fleet at Walvis Bay |
Walvis Bay |
The Nathaniel Maxuilili, right, a Norwegian built patrol vessel of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources |
Ships being overhauled in Walvis Bay |
Walvis Bay |
Walvis Bay, Namibia |
Dunes along the Walvis Bay lagoon |
Walvis Bay salt works |
Walvis Bay Salt Works, Namibia |
Desert south of Walvis Bay |
Approaching Sandwich Harbour, Namibia |
Sandwich Harbour, 50 km south of Walvis Bay |
South of Sandwich Harbour, dunes rise steeply from the Atlantic |
The "Long Wall" of dunes between Sandwich Harbour and Conception Bay, Namibia |
Dunes between Sandwich Harbour and Conception Bay, Namibia |
The 1976 shipwreck of the Shaunee, nosed into the dunes, Conception Bay |
Wreck of the Shaunee, Namibia |
Wreck of the Shaunee |
Cape Fur Seals, Conception Bay, Namibia |
Cape Fur Seals, Conception Bay, Namibia |
Wreck of the Eduard Bohlen from 1909 now lies far inland from the beach |
Stern of the 1909 shipwreck Eduard Bohlen, Conception Bay, Namibia |
Wreck of the Eduard Bohlen |
Cape Fur Seals, Conception Bay, Namibia |
This shows how far inland the Eduard Bohlen now lies |
V5-JOG passing some seals |
Continuing down the coast towards Meob Bay where we turn inland for Sossusvlei |
Wrecked whaling boats |
V5-JOG over Meob Bay, Namibia |
Seasonal Hoarusib River, Skeleton Coast, Namibia |
Skeleton Coast, Namibia |