Travel to Namibia: Walvis Bay

Whale Bay is less photogenic than Swakopmund but a working town built around a port and, like Swakopmund, drawing wealthy visitors to its sun and sand--and flamingos.

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No kidding.

Harbor.

Container terminal.

Offloaded, a can from Maritime Carrier Shipping, which calls itself "Your link between Southern Africa and Europe/North America."

Jetsom: crossties, rails, and surplused American school buses.

Central business district.

Another view.

Office buildings; this is about as high as they go.

Waterfront home.

A new development north of town.

The name is simply Long Beach.

Awaiting buyers.

And here are those birds, drawn to a lagoon south of the harbor.