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This morning we don't dock until 11:00 am. Which is nice for a change. We have until 8 pm which, is all aboard time. The weather has really changed from hot to warm. This morning it was 64 degrees. This afternoon is suppose to get into the 90's. Another 3 points for us for putting. Then we had a good breakfast other than our usual cereal. I had French toast and Bob had an omelette.
Bob has picked up a little Air Conditioner cold mostly nasally. Gotta get rid of that before our safari.
We picked this up yesterday. It is made here, from fruit. Taste a lot like Bailey's.
Just heard in Capetown there is 295 leaving and 335 coming on..
So lot of new faces we will see.
Little history on this port.
The town is stuck in a little time warp- a perception that delivers both gloom and a certain charm, at least for us. One of Namibia's famous attraction is the "Ghost Town" of Kolmanskuppe. 10 kilometers inland from the port. It was named after a transport driver named Johnny Coleman who, during a sand storm, abandoned his ox wagon on a small incline opposite the settlement. In 1908 the worker Zacharias Lewela found a diamond while working in this area. Realizing the area was rich in diamonds, German miners began settlement and soon after the German government declared alarmed area as a "Spertgebiet", starting to exploit the diamond field. Driven by the enormous wealth of the first diamond miners, the residents built the village in the architectural style of a German town, with amenities and institutions including a hospital, ballroom, power station, school, skittle-alley (bowling), theatre and a sport hall, casino, ice factory and the first x- ray station in the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the first tram in Africa. The town declined after WW1 when the diamond field slowly exhausted and was unltimately abandoned in 1954. Way before my time.....
The geological forces of the desert mean that tourist now walk through houses knee-deep in sand. Kolmanskop is a very popular spot with photographers.
So with our camera in hand we got off the ship and the town was completely shut down. Sunday and all nothing open. Started out with my wig on but with wind of 40 knots and blowing sand it came off by the time we walked out of the port. We walked for about 2 miles around then hailed a cab to take us to the Ghost Town. See pictures of our day below.
They didn't even let go of there suckers for the picture. And they all had to find themselves in the photo.
Another one of those un side down trees.
Lots for sale Bob bought me 2 necklaces.
The Town of Luderitz
Don't know when the last train came thru here?
Our driver Angola that drove us to the Ghost Town of Kolmanskuppe 10 kilometers out of town. Check out those teeth
Read this sign
As we enter
Nobody lives here anymore and the sand is bearing the buildings
This is the Ghost Town from a distance. We have sand everywhere on us. Found some in my ears too.
Tonight's entertainment is "Celebrating the 'O' Spirit. With performances from the entertainers and a special farewell from the crew of the M/S Insignia
We also have a pre Super Bowl party happening at 10:15. Tomorrow morning at 1:30 am live. Don't think I will see the live one. It is being broadcast again at 9 am with a tailgate party in the Insignia Lounge. Bob is hoping for the Panthers so I gotta go for the Broncos.
We have bought 4 squares on 2 different boards. Make the game more interesting.
Thanks for coming along with us
To my mind the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time- to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted. - Bill Bryson
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