Seals, Swakopmund, and the Skeleton Coast
I’d never seen a road like it. And yes, I do realise every single one of my Namibia posts has had some kind of comment on the quality of the roads in them, but this one was seriously bad. After spending an incredible day at Vingerklip, part of me was wondering how we’d manage to better an experience so incredible. Ahead of us, we had time planned in the adventure sports town of Swakopmund, the sand dunes of Sossusvlei, and the ghost town of Kolmanskop, so I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have my hopes high. But better than Vingerklip? I wasn’t convinced. Up next was Swakopmund, and our day-long drive to get there would take us west across the country to the Skeleton Coast. It’s known for its adventure sports, which have rarely been a successful venture for me, but after reading that this German town often ended up being one of the highlights of travellers’ time in Namibia, Dave and I had dutiful...