well, I've enjoyed a few days on the road out in the bush exploring Spitzkoppe
then up and down the skeleton coast it's been amazing, I mean the scenery
and the change in the diversity from the deserts of the coast from the mountains
to the flat plains.. it's been exciting and now I'm heading for a little bit of
civilization pretty much the only town on the coast I'm heading to today
Swakopmund
ooh it's cold! that water is oh so cold [shiver] okay definitely no swimming here
no wonder the sign says no swimming there's no way you would catch me swimming here
Swakopmund. Namibia's premier seaside town and when I say premier I don't mean it's
like flashy and glitzy I pretty much mean it's almost their only seaside town
but it's a nice town it's an old town a lot of the buildings
are from 1800s and early 1900s giving a nice sort of old almost village feel
typical seaside town there is a beautiful beaches great restaurants
excellent seafood of course being right by the Atlantic Ocean here seafood is
one of the the main things in the restaurants, fishing the activity
there's also lots of other activities there's quite a lot of clothes
Namibia is, sorry - Swakopmund is sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean on one side
and ok that's not it the desert on the other side putting in
a very unique and amazing location I'll try and show you some footage from the
air just to show you the situation the Swakopmund is in it makes it a very
special place to visit it's sort of halfway up and down the
country as well so when you're doing a tour of Namibia it's quite good to make
a stop in Swakopmund and just sort of refresh & civilize especially if you have been camping in the
hot dusty areas all the time it's nice to sort of take a break and get
some civilization should we say go out and eat in a restaurant instead of eating
your own camp food sleep in a proper bed instead of having to put up the roof
tent or put out a tent each night
it's nice
good afternoon ladies
good afternoon
are you having lunch?
yes we are having lunch
and what's for lunch?
we've got chicken and broccoli
sounds lovely
welcome to Cafe Anton at Hotel Shweizerhaus which has a
reputation of being a posh must go to restaurants in Swakopmund
apparently does very good apfelstrudel
so here I am all ready,
looking fit, hey am I looking nice and tidy to to a a posh restaurant?
ah, well let's hope they don't notice I haven't got any shoes on
I just parked the car and it sort of left the shoes in the car
because I was at the beach and I sort of got wet and sandy and my shoes are
a real mess so I thought it would be easier to leave them than trail a mess
let's see if, I hope they think the same
here we are...Cafe Anton
wow
Guten Tag (Good Afternoon)
Can I have some apfelstrudel
Yes
And is it possible to get a pot of tea
Yes Of course
Would you like some cream with it
Yes please
OK
are you with the group?
No
thank you very much
Well I'm here at Cafe Anton in Swakopmund
the best patisserie and bakery apparently in the country
and they either didn't notice or they didn't care that I didn't have any shoes on
and for my low set healthy diet
apfel strudel mit vroom with cream apple strudel and cream
it's healthy because it's fruit, it's apple
hmm it looks good
it's full of apple none of
this skimpy apple business it's got full of apple
hmm and it's warm
oh hmmm hmmm