Sea, Sand, Wind & German town

Arriving in Lüderitz around noon the wind was blowing, I loved it, Fran hated it.  We both did not think the campsite on shark point provided enough shelter.   We decide on Obelix Village guesthouse.  Really friendly and helpful staff and the room with en-suite bathroom was great.

Breakfast at Obelix was super!     :)

The evening we went to Ritzi’s restaurant on Lüderitz waterfront, for beautiful sunset over the harbour and yacht club.

Next morning we woke to beautiful day, and sadly no wind. :(

Off to discover the ghost diamond town – Kolmannskuppe

You can see from the technology such as running water, electricity in the old buildings for those years were amazing, diamond money paid for it.  The first x-ray machine in South Africa was here at Kolmanskop.  There is a De Beers diamond shop and they tell us this is the only place where diamonds are sold directly to the public, Roux I should have brought more money!

We saw few old bath tubs on the dunes, can only wonder?

There was still no wind, thus we discovered Lüderitz town and surroundings. Maybe the wind came later the afternoon.

 

The wind never arrived, then we went to Agate beach and made the best of the day.  Agate beach is 5km north of Lüderitz and is where sand roses are found.

Adele here is the sand roses we got at Agate beach, not sure if we would be able to ship it to Canada?

We took a drive south to Diaz cross, more then 500 years since the first Europeans set foot here and they haven’t returned since, wonder?

We saw some more pink Flamingo's on the road to Diaz point and the road going south along the beach also look like the moon surface.

On the road to Rosh Pinah.