Namibia Travels: Part 4

Welcome to my Namibia Travels series! If you've just joined me, you can catch up on Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 before making your way through today's post.

Day 5 and 6:
We woke up to a still-mizzy campsite. This called for some coffee and rusks with Frosty's folks, as well as his aunt and uncle (who very kindly let us gatecrash a night in their campsite with them at Tiger Reef) before we started packing up camp.

Luckily we didn't have too much to pack up and all too soon, 4 people's worth of camping gear was packed into my little car, we were bidding farewell to Frosty's aunt and uncle and we went on to explore Swakop a bit more before setting off on the road again. Since the weather wasn't ideal, we took a quick stroll along a promanade with a restaurant right at the end in the middle of the ocean. On our way back to the car, we encountered a very persistent and clever salesman who somehow conned convinced us to buy some carved pine nuts (on which he engraved our names amongst the pre-engraved animals while he was chatting to us). 

Restaurant in the middle of the ocean.
I love this picture - when I edited in black and white it turned out really nicely!

Another shot of the restaurant in the middle of the ocean at Spitzkoppe.

Black and white picture 

View of the land from the sea (restaurant) - the picture doesn't do the colours in the sky justice!

Before we left Swakop, we were told that Café Anton was the place to go and get coffee and Apfelstrudel. It had the most incredible looking pastries lined up on it's counters and it was just the thing to complement a cool day out on the Namibian Coast. 

On our way back to Okahandja, where we would be staying the night with a different aunt and uncle of Frosty's, we stopped off at Spitzkoppe. I wasn't exactly sure of what to expect, but a tiny pool of water surrounded by green grass in the middle of a bunch of rocks wasn't part of that expectation! We spent a lovely morning and part of the afternoon scrambling up rocks and finding a shady spot to have a picnic lunch. After arriving in Okahandja, we spent a lovely evening ensconced around a warm fire and chatting with Frosty's family. Other than our overnight stay at Savanna Guest Farm, this was the only other night when we didn't have to pitch a tent in the evening and then take it down the next morning!  

My socks, all clean after having mayo all over them the previous day.
I loved the reflections in this pic.

The entrance to Spitzkoppe.

Pretty yellow desert flower

Pretty pink desert flowers

Black and white picture with Frosty in the background

Another desert flower - this time orangey/peach.

Curly plant with white flowers on it.

We found a few lizard friends - here's one of them. Don't you love the colours?

One of the pools at Spitzkoppe. Can you see Frosty doing his thing
(climbing to the top of the rocks) way in the distance?

Another pic of the pool - there were even fish and tadpoles inside!

Playing around with twig and mountain pictures

View from the rocks we found to climb in Spitzkoppe

And the view in the other direction - look how small the pool
looks from this view point!

Frosty and I playing around

View from the very top of the rocks.

Another lizard friend

And this guy, who we found in a tree!

Orange berries - I loved the contrast between the orange and green.

We found a great picnic spot in the shade of a big rock.

This little bird kept coming back to admire it's reflection in my car window.

Sun bird feeding (I think maybe the Dusky Sunbird)

Somewhere on the road between Spitzkoppe and Okahandja

Sunset on the road

Beautiful tree outside Frosty's aunt and uncle's place 

I may have fallen slightly in love with this clever collie!