Driving along the coast north of Swakopmund you will find a very strange place called Wlotzkasbaken. It’s situated between the main road and the beach and consists of a selection of houses, separated from each other by rows of small rocks, with each house having at least two huge water tanks. The houses and their water tanks are painted in matching colours and designs, so you feel like you’re driving through a bit of a circus ghost town. Wlotzkasbaken only has residential houses. No offices, shops, petrol stations or anything else. Just houses with rocks and water tanks.
Even though it might look and feel like a ghost town, in reality it was founded by Paul Wlotzke, who had built himself a holiday home for fishing and used to bring tourists to try their luck at angling. Over the years Wlotzkasbaken has grown to become a collection of holiday homes vacant throughout most of the year.
Having considered all of this cool history and the once in a lifetime chance, we decided to spend the night in this ghost town. We camped on the beach, collected muscles (yes, we found a few J) and watched the sun set over the ocean while the wind was howling through Wlotzkasbaken’s deserted street. 
