such places encourage an eclectic mix of passing travellers : artists rub shoulders with farmers and fishermen ; tough mine workers mingle with statuesque herero women in their fine , wide dresses and colourful scarves ; blonde , blue-eyed and dunagareed descendants of original german settlers take their place alongside the new breed of wannabe yuppies from south africa and further afield , enjoying the cafe society and casinos of the damaraland riviera .