Sara & Ana - Summer 2012

Sara & Ana's hammock - the product of their: love for the tropics gene + engineering gene + loads of naughtiness gene ;-)

Easter Monday @ the Mole

Sara

Ana

Sara standing on a surf-board for the first time ever and absolutely thrilled about it!

Ana - water babe :-)!

Easter 2012 @ Swakopmund

Bird-feeder

Our new bird-feeder visited by common waxbills (Estrilda astrild), Cape sparrows (Passer diffusus) and laughing doves (Streptopelia senegalensis).

Captain Haddock

Urco

Juan's latest woodwork: a bookcase for his cooking books made out of used pallets.

Sara & Ana's latest artwork: their hand-painted tea-set.

@ Swakopmund ... our new home :-)

We are settling in well in "more German than Germany" Swakopmund and, although we miss very much all our Buchter friends and the Bucht - Swakopmund and Swakopmunders have been kind to us, easing us into feeling at home :-)... so far in our lives we've always found great homes and we have no doubt we'll be equally successful here ;-)!

Sara & Ana at The Mole. The lighthouse is an endearing Swakopmund landmark, constructed in 1902. It was originally built 11m high, but an additional 10m was added in 1910.

Ana & Sara - beach lovers.

Sara before swimming the 500m @ "Swim for your Life".

Sara @ swimming lessons.

Ana @ swimming lessons.

Ana swimming 300m @ "Swim for your Life".

Ana @ ballet lessons @ The Dance Factory.

Sara @ ballet lessons @ The Dance Factory.

Sara @ tennis lessons.

Ana @ tennis lessons.

@ Namib Naukluft Park

Sara exploring a camp site used by South African troops in 1915. (They were clearly not minimum-impact campers!)

Ana with a male Welwitschia mirabilis, one of Namibia's many botanical curiosities.

A 1500 year old female Welwitschia!

Welwitschias actually have only two long and leathery leaves which grow from opposite sides of the cork-like stem.

Welwitschias are related to conifers!

A Karoo chat.

A highlight were the lichen fields.

The endemic Dollar bush (Zygophyllum stapffii) - with round leaves which resemble coins.