We took a wander through Luderitz which is a funny little German town sandwiched between the sea and the desert. All the buildings reminded me of picture books when I was a child. We enjoyed a solidly greasy breakfast at a local cafe before heading out of town. We stopped briefly to take a look at Kolmanskop, an ex mining town abandoned in the fifties being slowly swallowed by the surrounding dunes. They sell tickets for entry and tours at the information centre in Luderitz, but we decided against it. The wind had died down considerably compared to yesterday, but the dunes still rippled in the breeze. Although we didnt expect to be able to see them, we took a side road off the highway to the Wild Horses lookout. Over 100 horses were milling around the water trough there. No one seems to know the origin of the horses, among the theories are they are decendents of horses from shipwrecks on the way to Australia, or WWI soldiers.

It seemed every road we took heading up to Sossusvlei wound through another park or nature reserve. So far I am in awe of the arid beauty of Namibia.