Grand Africa Cruise Trip Day 67/96 - Lüderitz, Namibia - Germany in Africa
We awoke to the sounds of bow thrusters as we prepared to dock in Lüderitz, Namibia - our 101st country.
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| The town is a bit of an oddity as it is a taste of Germany along the southwest coast of Africa. |
Lüderitz, sandwiched between the Namib desert and the Atlantic Ocean, is named for Adoph Lüderitz who funded the purchase of the area as a speculative move. Eventually, diamonds were found here, initially simply sitting on the ground. That created a diamond boom. Diamond mining is now gone and they are working on an energy industry including green hydrogen. The German influence from Lüderitz and his cohorts is evident with all the architecture that would look more in place in Germany than in southwest Africa.
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| Buildings along the waterfront |
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| An original building - Plietz developed the sifter that allowed diamond hunters to sift out diamonds from the dirt |
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| We made a brief stop at the museum |
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| Photos of diamonds found here |
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| The town's namesake |
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| There is a big fishing industry here too |
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| The maritime museum |
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| The museum occupies the former power station |
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| I could almost hear the um-pah band |
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| Haus Grunewald - it sure feels more like Bavaria than Africa |
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| Felsenkirche Evangelical Lutheran Church high upon Diamond Hill |
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| Goerke Haus |
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| You can see how it was built into the hill |
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| We could see the lighthouse on Shark Island in the distance |
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| Saint Paul and Saint Peter Church |
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| Dutch Reformed Church |
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| The Namibia flag and the local police flag |
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| The local prison |
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| We made a stop for a local beer |
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| We walked out to Shark Island, a former prison camp - it is no longer an island and is connected to the town |
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| The lighthouse building - not the actual lighthouse |
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| That's the actual light on the left |
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| Adolph Lüderitz |
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| There were several B&Bs and hotels along the water on Shark Island |
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| Looking back toward town |
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| Coppery mesemb or red ice plant native to this area |
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| We saw this unusually named ship as it sure doesn't look like a "Seaflower" |
We returned to the ship and grabbed burgers for lunch. After lunch, we relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. After drinks and dinner, we attended tonight's show - another Liar's Club. They usually do this before dinner, and not as the main entertainment for the night. We're speculating here, but one of the guest singers was not well received a couple of nights back. We're guessing his second show was scheduled for tonight, but they canceled it and replaced it with Liar's Club. It's a guess.
As usual, it was a lot of fun, even if we only guessed two words correctly.
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| The panel, the corporate cruise director, one of the conversationalists, a guest entertainer, and our new Captain |
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| False speaking; deceitful speech |
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| Having an unfriendly or bad-tempered disposition |
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| A Maltese traditional mode of transport consisting of a carriage pulled by a horse or pair of horses |
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| The day before yesterday |
Three teams got all four words correct and faced a tie-breaker.
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| Overuse or repetition of the word “Hell” in one's speech |
Two teams were still tied, so they declared them both the winners. There was a lot of laughter and everyone seemed to enjoy the game.
We returned to the room for the evening. We will arrive in Walvis Bay, Namibia at noon tomorrow for a two-day stay.
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