Location: Namibia

Summary:

Today I made a day trip from Swakopmund to Henties Bay, driving about 70 kilometers north through the desert. The journey took me past various beach stops with amusing South African names like President's Gat, and I noticed a desalination plant that supplies water to the region. The landscape is completely barren - just desert with scattered, mostly boarded-up second homes and no services. In Henties Bay, I visited a university campus where I picked up a fisheries student who needed a ride to the spa. She was incredibly skeptical when I told her I'd driven all the way from the Netherlands - she absolutely refused to believe it was possible. I had a fantastic meal at Misty Bay Restaurant, which took some effort to locate, but their meat pies were absolutely delicious. The town has a diverse mix of people incl ...