Luderitz

Yesterday we arrived in a very windy Luderitz. The backpackers lodge was full. So we called a few other places and eventually settled on Kratzplatz B+B which turned out to be an excellent choice. We took a walk up to the German Lutheran Church and climbed the hill behind it to discover a 360 degree view of the town and surrounds.

We then walked (or rather blew) down to shark island and quickly decided that we would head out the next morning to Sossusvlei after visiting the Koolmanskop ghost town.

We met some 60+ men (Neels and Louwkie) who were spending two days in town at the B+B so we ended up having a braai together. It turned out they had bought the other half of the rib we had purchased earlier 🙂

They had both grown up together and the only word to describe them is “stoutgatte”. One story about a particular party where they ended up trying to braai the meat in the beam of a cars headlights was extremely amusing.

After a few drinks we headed over to the adjacent bar and ran into a contingent of American students who we traveling through parts of Africa. Andre poked some fun at them by convincing them he had no idea where America was.

I had a nice long chat to an oldish German couple. The have been all over the world, but keep coming back to Namibia and South Africa.

We set off to Koolmanskop after a hearty breakfast. I got some nice pictures. We also stopped at the Wild Desert Horses lookout point, but there were only 3 to be seen.

We stopped at Duwisib castle for a cold beer and some photos and hit the scenic route to Sossusvlei.