A walk along Swakopmund's seafront

We went back to the chalet to change and pick up the laptop, the idea being that we would have a walk and then find somewhere to sit and use the wifi. We walked through town. Most places were closed because it was Sunday. We continued down to the seafront and walked along the pier and back again. We did a big loop via the aquarium and back into town without finding anywhere that had wifi. We found out later that we should have headed in the opposite direction where we would have found plenty of places! Oh well, there’s always tomorrow!

Back in town, we bumped into Liz and chatted to her for a while. She had spent the morning having a surfing lesson. We managed to get wifi while standing outside the closed activity centre where we were yesterday. It was just enough to update emails and get some news from the UK. We then walked further and found a coffee shop which was open and was advertising free wifi. Unfortunately, my phone died, so I was unable to take advantage of this! Still, we sat and had a drink. Mark had a beer, and I had what was billed as a ‘German ice coffee’ – the strangest iced coffee I’ve ever had, but not completely terrible! 😂

From the café, we went to draw some cash and then headed to Ocean Basket, a fish restaurant, for dinner. Mark had a seafood platter, and I had fish and chips. Both were good. We then headed back to the chalet and crossed paths with Trisha and John, who were just going out to eat. As we were chatting to them, Mark’s phone started bleeping. He was connected to the internet! All that palaver, and we could have just connected here at reception!!

I chatted to Kim and Iona for a while, and when John and Trisha got back, we sat with them until gone 10.Читать далее