Today we had an early start: breakfast at 6.30am, ready to hit the road at 7am. We drove from Swakopmund to Walvis Bay, a pleasant drive down the coast. We left Swakopmund in brilliant sunshine, but as we approached Walvis Bay it started to get foggy. We were told that this is normal for WB: the day starts foggy, the fog lifts and it is a pleasant day for a while, then it starts to get windy about 11am. Our rendezvous was at Dolphins Cafe and our guides and five German tourists were already waiting with the vehicle and a trailer full of kayaks, so we got straight on the road. The road to Pelican Point starts as tarmac then becomes a salt road, which looks like tarmac but can be much more unstable. Apparently salt
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