Day 11 Swakopmund Wed 10th
This was our free day with a number of optional activities that we could do. I had booked the Sossusfly flight over the desert and along the coast. The cost was 350 bucks and we were to leave the hotel at 9 AM.
We were picked up at 9:10, driven a block where we paid and then waited for 1/2 hr for the overcast weather to change before heading to the airport about 6 km away. Once there we waited until just after 11 before finally taking off in a small Cessna.
Our pilot was French and very nice. My partners on this were John, Chris and Judy. I ended up in the backseat all by myself with both cameras. Photographically, the trip was a bust as the sun was now directly overhead giving no shadows or depth to the landscape. There was a lot of low fog as well and dust over the desert. From a tourist point of view, it was very nice however and amazing to marvel at how massive the desert is.
We got back to the hotel around 1:30 and I saw Tim and MIke heading to the adjacent bistro for lunch so went up to our room and got Bob so we could join them. Following lunch we went up to bank to exchange some money. both the South African Rand and Namibian Dollar are valued the same and honoured in Namibia. The exchange rate is roughly 10 Rand to 1 US greenback.
Shopping was next on our agenda so we wandered about looking for gifts but found everything pretty expensive. One of our group had done research and said there was much better selection and price in Victoria Falls.
Bob and I wandered down to the local jetty for a few pics and then went back to Bistro for a light supper (fish and chips) before back to our room for some internet and photo uploading time. We have a late departure tomorrow so it was 11 before I crashed.
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