Swakupmond

Our cabbie, Philemon, was friendly, but didn’t speak much English. Since we couldn’t get much info from him, we asked him to play some traditional Namibian music on the radio, instead.

This made the perfect soundtrack for our journey through the Namibian desert to the town of Swakupmond. That town, as well as Walvis Bay, seem much better off than South Africa.

While there were areas that appeared to be government housing, we did not seem slums like we saw in SA.Read more