On arrival at Uis the 'one horse' certainly seemed to have departed the town . . . Our accomodation, Petra's Gastehaus, was a tad dated but clean and fortunately the local critters were not able to gain access to the room. Clearly were not going to have a rip roaring night in Uis as the only restaurant open in town was at the Brandberg camping site. The food was OK, but certainly not gourmet, and pretty good value and the beer was ice cold. We did however have a good chat with a Swiss couple who were touring Namibia with a 4x4 and a roof mounted tent - Petra's Gastehaus suddenly seemed the much better option. After a good breakfast at Petra's we set off for the Namibian coast and the seal colony at Cape Cross, although we made a little diversion via Henties Bay for coffee (and a toilet stop). The C35 road from Uis to Henties Bay was very good, although not tarmac, and we were able to speed along through some stunning desert scenery where, at times, both seemed to merge together. At Cape Cross, before visiting the seal colony, we called in at the Cape Cross Lodge for lunch. This place was a rather nice hotel with great views of the Atlantic and the food was really good. We would have loved at least a night at the hotel just to enjoy the tranquility and sea views so have placed the hotel on our 'return to' list. The seal colony, with in excess of 150,000 seals was well worth the visit although the smell certainly stayed with us until we could change clothes/have a shower in our Swakopmund accomodation. It was really interesting to see all the seal pups scampering around too and I still can't understand how the adults manage to find their own pups amongst the melee of seals. With main road (C34) to Swakopmund being made of salt it was actually a quick drive south from Cape Cross to our self catering apartment in the Germanic coastal town. We have plenty to see and do in the Swakopmund area and it seems as though not enough time to do it all.