The Land of Understatement and Germans - Namibia

I'm here in the beach town of Swakopmund in Namibia and I have to keep reminding myself that I'm not in Germany. The architecture is pure German and as I sit in restaurants, visit stores, and walk down the street 9 out of 10 people are tourists speaking German. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm in Africa.
Another marked difference is the lack of hype here. Elsewhere when you see an ad for a tour it will usually overstate the "amazing" things that you will see. Here the guide said that he would take me to see the flamingos. He didn't mention that there were 1000s of flamingos - so many that the water almost looked black from so many birds.
The tour advertised seeing seals. It didn't mention that there are 1000s of seals and that one would actually jump into the boat and let everyone pet it before returning to the sea.
Where most countries are trying to implement programs to save the animals and keep them from becoming extinct, Namibia has almost the opposite problem. In the north there are so many elephants that they have started to destroy small farms. The farmers are asking the government for help because the elephants are protected. There are so many seals in Namibia (1.8 million) that they are taking fish and livlihood away from people who make their living fishing.
All of this means a land perfect for tourists like me who are amazed with this country and its' abundance of wild animals.
PS the photo is the communal nest made by weaver birds which you find all through the Namibian deserts.