The retirees and German tourists wh...

The retirees and German tourists who populate this quiet, seashell-strewn beach in southern Africa have lately seen -- or at least heard about -- an attractive strange couple in the neighborhood.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have breached out a 14-room lodge in this enclave of gaudy vacation hearthstones on Namibia's cool Atlantic coast, where Jolie is awaited to give birth to their first child in the coming weeks.

Since they arrived by means of chartered plane earlier this month Pitt, Jolie and her sum of two units children have tried to preserve a low profile. With a passel of security guards to restrain curious locals and a handful of determined paparazzi at bay, the family has hopp around Namibia aboard three Cessna jet sampling the country's best safari parks and wildlife sanctuaries.

Earlier this week, Pitt and Jolie were seen entering an upmarket jewelry store in Swakopmund, a breezy resort town to