Footprints Swakopmund
Turmalin Street 100 Swakopmund, Namibia
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Swakopmund
Well, here we are sitting in an internet cafe in Swakop. It is next to Woermann and Brock, and Ash is busy eating a koeksister!! We are loving Swakop. It has not changed that drastically. There are a lot of mod shops (Edgars, Truworths, Mr Price etc etc), but has not lost its charm. Kornblums, Otto Gunther etc are still here. (Sorry for those who …
Last day in Swakop
I am writing this a little later than the actual day, as it was difficult to get to a computer. Today we had booked to go quad biking on the sand dunes. I must admit I went a little nervously as I am a bit of a sook, and have never driven a motor bike before. (been a passenger a lot, but never in charge of the controls!!). Anyway, our trip was from …
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1st Snowboard Trip of the Year!
... city are towering sand dunes so today we geared up with snowoard boots and snowboards and carved it up a huge 90m dune all day. Ridiculously fun and I even managed to land a jump off the ramp before the day was over. We also got to experience lie down boarding. Basically you lie on a piece of waxed particle board (just like a crazy carpet) and fly down the dune head first. I reached a speed of 70km/h according to their speed gun. ...
Sesriem Namibia to Swakopmund, Namibia
... and continued to pick more up as we walk along. They aren’t there begging for money or anything like that, they just want to hold your hand or look at the pictures that you take on your digital camera. Some of the kids were jut adorable. We had the chance to visit the 85 year old Damara Chief, "Ouma Lina" at her home. We visited a Herero Lady, whose traditional dress is meant to be representative of cattle, so her head scarf is folded like horns. We also visited ...

