Why Hello Walvis Bay Flamingos!

After a wonderful stay in Swakopmund, we visited the flamingos in Walvis Bay, Namibia.

I had never seen flamingos in flight...

and it was so cool...yet strange and funky at the same time.  Somehow graceful and awkward.

Hello, bird!

The flamingos were beautiful.  It was so nice to see so many even if the amount was small for Walvis Bay.

So different than the first flamingo I saw.  In Senegal of all places.

Hello, pelican!

One of the suburbs of Walvis Bay...sounds so different than when they are called townships.

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Holy Rosary and Paint Nam!b!a

While visiting wonderful Swakopmund, Namibia, I had the pleasure of attending Mass here.

(How beautiful is that mosaic?!)

Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

The service was a mixture of English and German.

And I loved that the church fit so perfectly with the town's architecture.

Although, everyone bone in my body wanted to correct the grammar of this sign....

I loved the PAINT NAM!B!A movement!

When's the last time you saw one of these?  Let alone saw someone using a payphone?!

Atlantic Ocean and beach, I miss you already.

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A Light House & the World's Largest Crystal

Oh, such joy! My love affair with light houses continues.

This light house in Swakopmund, Namibia, reminded me of here in Senegal.

I may have mentally added "tour New England light houses" to my list of places to travel.

I cannot describe how happy I was to be by the ocean once more.

Then I visited the Kristall Galerie which was really interesting.

And did I mention beautiful?  Stunning amethysts from Namibia!

And check out the size of this crystal. It's the world largest quartz crystal cluster.

I came up to about one fourth of its size.  Insane.

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