Swakopmund 1st February 08

Taxi Swakopmund-Walvis Bay

2009-03-06T20:03:29Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Taxi Swakopmund-Walvis Bay

En route for Swakopmund from Walvis Bay 1

2009-03-06T20:03:44Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
En route for Swakopmund from Walvis Bay 1

En route for Swakopmund 2

2009-03-06T20:03:57Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
En route for Swakopmund 2

Swakopmund area that is earmarked for tourist development

2009-03-06T20:05:16Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Swakopmund area that is earmarked for tourist development

Outskirts of Swakopmund

2009-03-06T20:05:21Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Outskirts of Swakopmund

Wait until we tale a closer look at names & posters, etc...

2009-03-06T20:27:28Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Wait until we tale a closer look at names & posters, etc...

Butchers... and Bar !!

2009-03-06T20:29:20Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Butchers... and Bar !!

Daily Breakfast & Lunch...

2009-03-06T20:31:37Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Daily Breakfast & Lunch...

...and snacks for those moments when you're feeling a bit peckish

2009-03-06T20:32:32Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
...and snacks for those moments when you're feeling a bit peckish

On the outskirts, back towards Walvis Bay... near the Go-Kart track and the football stadium

2009-03-06T20:12:49Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
On the outskirts, back towards Walvis Bay... near the Go-Kart track and the football stadium

Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, or an African setting for Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner"?

2009-03-06T20:08:15Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, or an African setting for Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner"?

See what the wind has done to the trees 2

2009-02-27T04:25:55Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
See what the wind has done to the trees 2

Looking back in the direction of Walvis Bay. You'll find lobster nurseries and guano deposits in the sea on your right... and a hang-gliding school on your left... sand dunes which lead you ...

2009-03-06T20:17:01Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Looking back in the direction of Walvis Bay. You'll find lobster nurseries and guano deposits in the sea on your right... and a hang-gliding school on your left... sand dunes which lead you ...

Street names, shops, satellite TV soccer... all in German. And as you see from Kaiser Wilhelm Str., they still use lettering that I remember from pre-WWII books

2009-03-06T20:20:19Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Street names, shops, satellite TV soccer... all in German. And as you see from Kaiser Wilhelm Str., they still use lettering that I remember from pre-WWII books

The city was co-founded by FieldMarshall Göring's father

2009-03-06T20:33:33Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
The city was co-founded by FieldMarshall Göring's father

See what the wind has done to the trees 1

2009-02-27T04:25:46Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
See what the wind has done to the trees 1

One of the original buildings

2009-03-06T20:22:49Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
One of the original buildings

"Come in No.6, your time's up!!" "I am not a number !"

2009-03-06T20:23:14Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
"Come in No.6, your time's up!!" "I am not a number !"

This is where you pick up your dune buggy

2009-03-06T20:23:48Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
This is where you pick up your dune buggy

Way back to Walvis Bay

2009-03-06T20:24:40Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Way back to Walvis Bay

Go-Karts, dune buggies, VTT bikes... you name it, they've got it

2009-03-06T20:25:32Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Go-Karts, dune buggies, VTT bikes... you name it, they've got it

The kids are about to come out of school (on the right) for lunch

2009-03-06T20:35:11Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
The kids are about to come out of school (on the right) for lunch

Leaving Swakopmund

2009-02-27T04:27:50Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Leaving Swakopmund

Probably the only time you see Man U here is when they play a German team in the Champions' League

2009-03-06T20:37:33Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Probably the only time you see Man U here is when they play a German team in the Champions' League

A very up-market clinic. Brückenblick

2009-03-06T20:39:59Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
A very up-market clinic. Brückenblick

German War Memorial

2009-02-27T04:29:23Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
German War Memorial

street market

2009-03-06T20:40:26Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
street market

street market 2

2009-03-06T20:40:51Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
street market 2

Are they buying or selling?

2009-03-06T20:41:31Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Are they buying or selling?

Original Hansa Brewery

2009-02-27T04:30:03Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Original Hansa Brewery

From this vantage point we sat and watched several VERY elderly German men accompanied by much younger women. "What did you do in the war, daddy?"

2009-02-27T04:30:16Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
From this vantage point we sat and watched several VERY elderly German men accompanied by much younger women. "What did you do in the war, daddy?"

I've only just realised that that's me, outside 'La Mer Hotel' (1906), taking a photo of God knows what

2009-03-06T20:43:49Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
I've only just realised that that's me, outside 'La Mer Hotel' (1906), taking a photo of God knows what

Kristian obviously took several photographs of street scenes, and needed a large distant object... hence RJW in shorts.

2009-03-06T20:45:53Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Kristian obviously took several photographs of street scenes, and needed a large distant object... hence RJW in shorts.

Swakopmund Museum - a very laid-back concept, well worth a visit

2009-03-06T20:47:05Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Swakopmund Museum - a very laid-back concept, well worth a visit

Swakopmund beach

2009-02-27T04:29:53Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Swakopmund beach

The old pier seems to have a hole in it

2009-03-06T20:47:59Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
The old pier seems to have a hole in it

Swakopmund Beach: Fat & Weedy

2009-02-27T04:31:05Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Swakopmund Beach: Fat & Weedy

Swakopmund Beach

2009-02-27T04:30:54Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Swakopmund Beach

The time has come, the walrus said...

2009-02-27T04:30:54Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
The time has come, the walrus said...

from the end of the breakwater, back towards town

2009-03-06T20:48:56Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
from the end of the breakwater, back towards town

Restaurants and bars on the right, sea trips on the left

2009-03-06T20:49:53Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Restaurants and bars on the right, sea trips on the left

All very well, but I didn't see a single seal here

2009-03-06T20:50:37Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
All very well, but I didn't see a single seal here

The trunkated pier is still there and, if you look closely, there's a person or two on the beach

2009-03-06T20:51:37Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
The trunkated pier is still there and, if you look closely, there's a person or two on the beach

I don't see much difference from the other photo I took of the same... vista

2009-03-06T20:52:27Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
I don't see much difference from the other photo I took of the same... vista

As I said, there ain't none. Perhaps someone should disturb the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources?

2009-05-17T19:24:49Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
As I said, there ain't none. Perhaps someone should disturb the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources?

1906, but sparklingly renovated

2009-03-06T20:54:52Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
1906, but sparklingly renovated

I must have been very impressed, because...

2009-03-06T20:55:50Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
I must have been very impressed, because...

... I took three photos of this !

2009-03-06T20:56:15Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
... I took three photos of this !

Back down towards the open air flea market

2009-03-06T20:56:52Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Back down towards the open air flea market

The same in slightly better light

2009-03-06T20:57:32Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
The same in slightly better light

Now 250m + from the sea, this lighthouse was originally surrounded by water

2009-03-06T20:58:58Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Now 250m + from the sea, this lighthouse was originally surrounded by water

Lighthouse 2

2009-03-06T20:59:21Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Lighthouse 2

Lighthouse 3

2009-03-06T20:59:37Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Lighthouse 3

German Colonial style?

2009-03-06T21:00:16Z

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
German Colonial style?