The Republic of Namibia is on the southwest coast of Africa in the tropics and is roughly four times the size of the United Kingdom. There are only 1.6 million people. Much of Namibia is semi-arid desert ... the Namib Desert.
A group of German missionaries settled in Namibia in the mid 1800's and founded the town of Swakopmund which now is a popular resort destination. It still has German street signs, names of buildings and architecture.
Walvis Bay is also know for their sand dune. It has some of the highest peaks (163 meters/535 feet) of all sand dunes along the west coast. Needless to say, the scenery was barren with periodic brush growth ... and yet they have flamingo that are native to Namibia and occupy whatever water in the lake that is there.
Currently at sea for 6 days sailing towards Cape Verde Islands. The 92 day world tour will be coming to and end in another 2 weeks. It has been a great experience and I could go on ... 
Still having a good time.
Regards to all,
Bruce
BRK55305@yahoo.com
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