Windhoek, capital of Namibia

My first stop in the city was the railway station. There are only infrequent trains, three times a week to Swakopmond overnight so if I wanted to take a train, I would not have seen very much.

But there were some historic examples outside the station such as this work wagon.

The main railway station.

 A hand operated casey wagon.

 An electric casey wagon.

 One of the early steam engine.

 A modern diesel locomotive.

 An armoured engine.

A Transonic locomotive.

 After the station I visited the Nationl Artt Gallery and the Owela Museum, which houses an ethnographic collection showing Namiv=bian local life and culture. Then after a walk along Robert Mugabe Avenue I came to the Christuskirche, the cathedral on a hill overlooking the city.

 Opposite are the government buildings and the parliament building.

 The ALte Fest, or the original fort like building of the colonial period.

 One of its towers and a cannon.

 Another view of a tower.

 Inside the Alte Fest were a number of old carriages.

But now the hill is dominated by the Museum of Independence.

 And there were marvellous views from the top of the museum across the city but a couple of Land QRovers caught my eye.