Namibia 2014

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Last Namibian wake-up, the visit to the capital will be quick because we are flying in the afternoon! So we will wander on foot through the streets of the city center while waiting for departure.

Luderitz street with its blue jacarandas (Jacaranda mimosifolia).

The Wernhil park galleries.

The main street: Post street mall.

In this same street, samples of the Gibeon meteorite are exhibited.

Upon entering the atmosphere, the meteorite exploded and scattered its fragments over an area of 360 km around the town of Gibeon, in the south of the country.

77 pieces were found in total. 31 are exhibited here including fragments n° 3754 and 7347!  

St. Mary's Cathedral from which communicants in all white dresses are just coming out.

The interior of the cathedral and its patio...

In the patio, the Immaculata Conception bell...  

In Zoo Park, a monument dedicated to the Germans killed in 1893-94 during the Nama uprising refers, like the city's architecture, to the country's colonial past.

Fidel Castro Street! Few are those who get their own street during their lifetime!

The Christuskirche Lutheran church, whose first stone was laid in 1907.

And here is our final stop! At the car rental company Asco Car, where we return freedom to our Toyota Hilux beast!  

And on its odometer, the length of the tracks rolled under its wheels is displayed: 5303.3 km! So many images that will remain etched in my memory. Africa does not disappoint, that's a given! I'm sure I'll return to this continent, for the beauty of its varied landscapes and especially in the hope of crossing paths again with a pelican, a giraffe, an elephant, a lion... I'll stop there, the list would be far too long!

Thanks again and well done to all the animals!