We have an amazing, albeit chilly sleep – it’s winter here – and we wake up just in time to catch the end of the sunrise over the dunes. Today we’re heading to the coastal town of Swakopmund, but seeing as it wouldn’t be right not to have one last look at Sossusvleu, we drive deep into the park and enjoy a nice breakfast of PB&J’s in the nothingness.
We make another stop in Solitaire to fill Vinnie up with gas and ourselves with baked goods and then begin the long journey northwest...
Eric’s more than ready!
And once again, the scenery is unbelievable!
So many photo ops!
The drive takes us alongside dunes, through canyons and even across the Tropic of Capricorn…
This is my first time crossing “the Trop-Corn”.
…and eventually through northern part of Namib-Naukluft National Park, where it gets even more barren.
After a long day which ends with us having to drive through a minor sandstorm, we pull into Swakopmund looking forward to a warm meal, a glass of wine and a comfy bed – there’ll be no “ghetto-camping” for us tonight!!!
Although Swakopmund is considered the adrenaline capital of Namibia, we spend our time just chilling out… we’ve had enough adrenaline-inducing moments driving on some of the roads.
We check out a nearby shipwreck and understand how the Skeleton Coast got its name…
We visit a bunch of smelly seals at the Cape Cross Seal Reserve…
We enjoy a nice lunch of roast chicken, cheese buns and cherry tomatoes on the ocean’s edge…
… and we try our best to find a pink flamingo amongst all the white ones in Walvis Bay.
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