Swakopmund 1st February 08

Taxi Swakopmund-Walvis Bay

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:24:28 -0800

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Taxi Swakopmund-Walvis Bay

En route for Swakopmund from Walvis Bay 1

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:23:44 -0800

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En route for Swakopmund from Walvis Bay 1

En route for Swakopmund 2

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:23:54 -0800

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En route for Swakopmund 2

Swakopmund area that is earmarked for tourist development

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:24:18 -0800

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

Outskirts of Swakopmund

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:24:05 -0800

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Outskirts of Swakopmund

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:24:43 -0800

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

Butchers... and Bar !!

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:24:30 -0800

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Butchers... and Bar !!

Daily Breakfast & Lunch...

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:24:30 -0800

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Daily Breakfast & Lunch...

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:24:32 -0800

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...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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:25:31 -0800

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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"?

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:25:43 -0800

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:25:23 -0800

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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 ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:25:03 -0800

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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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:24:53 -0800

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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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:24:59 -0800

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

See what the wind has done to the trees 1

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:25:12 -0800

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

One of the original buildings

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:26:43 -0800

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One of the original buildings

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:26:33 -0800

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

This is where you pick up your dune buggy

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:26:20 -0800

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This is where you pick up your dune buggy

Way back to Walvis Bay

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:26:07 -0800

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Way back to Walvis Bay

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:25:55 -0800

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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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:27:36 -0800

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

Leaving Swakopmund

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:27:23 -0800

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:26:59 -0800

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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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:27:11 -0800

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

German War Memorial

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:28:40 -0800

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German War Memorial

street market

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:28:18 -0800

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street market

street market 2

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:27:50 -0800

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street market 2

Are they buying or selling?

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:28:04 -0800

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Are they buying or selling?

Original Hansa Brewery

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:29:38 -0800

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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?"

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:29:50 -0800

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:29:27 -0800

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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.

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:29:02 -0800

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:28:51 -0800

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

Swakopmund beach

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:29:15 -0800

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Swakopmund beach

The old pier seems to have a hole in it

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:30:49 -0800

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The old pier seems to have a hole in it

Swakopmund Beach: Fat & Weedy

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:30:36 -0800

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Swakopmund Beach: Fat & Weedy

Swakopmund Beach

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:30:21 -0800

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
Swakopmund Beach

The time has come, the walrus said...

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:30:07 -0800

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

from the end of the breakwater, back towards town

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:31:40 -0800

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

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:31:27 -0800

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:31:59 -0800

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:31:01 -0800

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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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:31:13 -0800

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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?

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:31:42 -0800

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

1906, but sparklingly renovated

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:33:38 -0800

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
1906, but sparklingly renovated

I must have been very impressed, because...

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:33:26 -0800

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

... I took three photos of this !

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:33:15 -0800

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... I took three photos of this !

Back down towards the open air flea market

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:33:51 -0800

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

The same in slightly better light

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:34:04 -0800

Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)
The same in slightly better light

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

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:32:48 -0800

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

Lighthouse 2

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:32:15 -0800

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Lighthouse 2

Lighthouse 3

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:32:32 -0800

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Lighthouse 3

German Colonial style?

nobody@smugmug.com (Roger WORROD (Wuzzy)) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:33:03 -0800

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German Colonial style?