5 of the others were taking a scenic flight over the Skeleton Coast and Sossusvlei in the afternoon so we had to be back at the hotel fairly quickly – no time to revisit the flamingos. We did enquire at the hotel how much it would cost for a taxi including 1hr wait, but £60 was probably a bit steep.
Instead we had a short rest and then had a look around a gem museum fairly close to the hotel which was really interesting. Because of its geological formation, Namibia is one of the richest countries in the world for gemstones (along with Afghanistan and Pakistan).
Amethyst, one of my favourite stones.
We then walked down to the mole and along the beach. It's a really lovely town when the sun is shining and the fir trees certainly add to the Bavarian feel.
Glad to see it happens in other countries.
The pier and our restaurant at the far end.
Like the oysters, the mussels are huge - Ian's shoe for scale.
Stopping off for a glass of wine at the shore end of the jetty we watched the setting sun and the world go by – including E.T.
We got to our reserved table just as the sun was dipping below the horizon and having shooed away a crowd of observers we enjoyed a delicious meal of line caught white fish.
These little cormorants were just the other side of the window to us.
