Today,
you drive a few hours west of Windhoek to
the coast town of Swakopmund, Namibia’s version of La Jolla or Laguna Beach,
although
it’s rather more German than are the southern Californian towns.
Set at the very edge of a reddish desert, the town sports comfortable accommodations, good and varied food, (try African Roots), a holiday atmosphere
and great sunsets mark the number one holiday resort for Namibians. Unfortunately, Namibia's beachfront paradise
also suffers from a great deal of fog. Curiously, you
can’t quite shake off the feeling that this is Germany’s last bastion of
colonialization.
To
the north of Swakopmund and all the way to the Angola border lies the infamous mist-shrouded Skeleton coast with its myriad
shipwrecks. To the south, stretch hundreds of miles of desert including diamond-laden beaches marked Diamond Area No 1 (restricted)
on the maps.These are owned by the
South African company, De Beers and comprise hundreds of miles and thousands of
acres of fenced and guarded land. For us, the resort of Swakopmund is a stopover and a rest before
beginning the journey into the forbidding Namib-Naukluft desert.
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Today,
you drive a few hours west of Windhoek to
the coast town of Swakopmund, Namibia’s version of La Jolla or Laguna Beach,
although
it’s rather more German than are the southern Californian towns.
To
the north of Swakopmund and all the way to the Angola border lies the infamous mist-shrouded Skeleton coast with its myriad
shipwrecks. To the south, stretch hundreds of miles of desert including diamond-laden beaches marked Diamond Area No 1 (restricted)
on the maps.