Walvis Bay Redux

We did another Walvis Bay excursion- saw some of the same things at the beginning- but the second half was totally different.

We went to Dune 7 which is a national park. Some of our group climbed up the dune. I, knowing my limitations, stayed down & took pictures.

We stopped in the desert to see the most amazing plants. At first glance the look like tired old aloe plants. In fact, they are Welwitschia plants- over 1300 years old!!!

The Moonscape is an area that is breathtaking. Looking at the colors, contours, textures of the rocks, and realizing the millions of years that it took to create it-- so humbling.

We had lunch in a lovely restaurant in Swakopmund. Wayne & I shared pizza and onion rings. He had a really good lager, too.Read more