ghost town

Monday the 11^th of January

Some coffee before the tour.  Coffee expensive, Trines face, priceless.

Day off, being super-touristy! Went to Kolmanskop, or Ghost Town, outside of Luderitz. It’s a small town that was abandoned in the 50’s. It was founded when germans came to look for copper in the mid 1800’s. After a while they discovered diamonds, diamonds everywhere, they were lying around like common stones on the ground. Diamond rush, and monopoly, the reason to why the city was abandoned was not that it ran out of diamonds. It was simply the fact that they found even more, further south. For a while only five families were living there, they had their own little Europe in the middle of desert, wind and sand everywhere, I understand why they moved, but it’s really sad. The city was literally abandoned, and the houses was left to ruin. Imagining their former state, ah! The buildings are beautiful, they don’t make them like this anymore. Too many pictures, what to do? I guess a sample.

The most fotoed house in Kolmanskop, the teachers' house. A bit of a project,

Just need some love and paint, almost ready to move in...

Loving the colors

Angie and Bianca, having a moment.

Let's add sexy to the desert, I definetly think it needs sexy!

Did you remember to sweep the floors darling?

Maybe...

Are you sure?

According to regulations dad?

Very hungry we went on to Diaz Point in hope to eat some at the café. It was closed. Imagine 5 hungry women in a car. I think we did ok;) Diaz Point was possibly the windiest spot I’ve ever been in. WOW! We saw seals, which was a disappointment for most who most of the time was guessing dolphins… I like seals, almost more now because they where so completely neglected, somebody has to stick up for the underdog seals. “uhr, uhr,uhr”(clapping my hands together just like a seal(mental picture for those who want it))

Diaz Point

Seals! 

The lighthouse at Diaz Point

Flamingos on our way from Diaz Point

When we came back to Luderitz we decided to go for junk food at the waterfront.

Ended the day with girls-night at Damons house, Papa D is out of town working, so we’re using the opportunity. Bianca did pedicure on us:) Very luxurious. And we saw a movie that 4 out of 5 fell asleep to…

Hairstyle? Forget about it!

Things we didn't know how to:
Get our tour-guide at Kolmanskop to quickly develop a sense of humour, maybe because she spends her youth in an abandoned town, who are we to judge, ey?
keep our hats on

Lessons:
Trine is very good at catching hats, windy weather+hat equals trim
5 girls in a car without food for many hours is not a good idea
Nice toe-nails make you feel very girly.