Snoek Derby 2012 @ Lüderitz

(This picture is courtesy of Hertha Manns Syvertsen).

Juan and colleagues at this year's Snoek Derby. Although they had quite a tough competition with the seals this year Juan still managed to catch 10 snoeks!

Africa Day 2012 @ Dune 7

Sara @ Dune 7 (the highest dune in the Namibian coastal dune belt).

Ana climbing up Dune 7.

Sara, Ana & Kioran on top of Dune 7 (approximately 130m high).

Ana coming down a very steep slip-face.

Sara on her way down through soft powder like sand.

Enjoying a well deserved picnic afterwards.

School holidays @ Lüderitz

We are really glad that we were able to make it down to Lüderitz Bucht for the school holidays. It was very special to see and to catch up with our Buchter friends :-)

View of Lüderitz from the port.

Ana, Sara & Hugo @ Kolmanskuppe

Sara & Ana with the Ocean Princess.

Abby & Ana

Liam, Sara & Danielle

Ana, Amé & Abby

Lesser doublecollared sunbird (Nectarina chalybea) @ our Lüderitz garden.

Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) @ Helmeringhausen on our way back to Swakopmund.

The closest living relatives to hyraxes are the modern day elephants and sirenians! They are known as dassies in Namibia.

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.