Deutsches Haus Swakopmund

Today is a travel day and there is a bright blue sky again. This region only receives 50 mm. (2 in.) of rain per year. As we're rolling down the road, we&#8217;re listening to Johnny Clegg, an African singer, which is playing on the truck&#8217;s CD player.<br><br>Our first stop is at a place called Solitaire. The only thing there is a bakery and general store. We are told it makes the best apple crumble and it doesn&#8217;t disappoint. Lots of ...

... HELL are my first words.........then i say "****IN BIZZARE FEELING!!"...............for some reason i start to automatically do a piece to camera (like a ****in news reporter!) .....as im free falling i look into the camera "Im falling through the sky right now and it is a ****in Bizzare Experience!!"<br>When i landed , i turned to my instructor and say "I love you Man!" i dont even remember this??<br><br><br>Speak soon guys , hope your all good<br><br>NICK xx<br>

... blew the dunes everyday so that they were always changing shape and moving, but that if your hat flew off your head at the top of the dune the best thing to do was wait for it at the top, for the current of wind that swept it off would also bring it back up. We also learned that the winds from the mountains blew the dunes back in the opposite season so that they never truly went far. We learned that there are two ...

We were up at 7am on Sunday morning to begin our 56 day overland safari up to Kenya, the first of many very early starts unfortunately. We met up with our bus and hung around for an hour or two as people arrived in dribs and drabs, apparently not everyone had been given the correct time of departure. We finally set off around 10am and quickly left Cape Town behind. We did get to stop for a few more photos of Table Mountain when we were a few kilometers outside the city, its as ...

... wir im feucht kühlen Nebel. Der Küstenstreifen bei Walvis Bay glänzt mit Sanddüne und tausenden Flamingos. <br> Uns machen die grossen Temperaturunterschiede etwas zu schaffen, vorallem die kalten und dunkeln Campingnächte und gönnen uns deshalb heute ein Guesthaus, um Kräfte zu tanken. Jetzt geht es weiter Richtung Norden durch weitere Wüstengebiete und freuen uns bald auch mehr Tiere zu begegnen im Etosha Nationalpark.

... of Namibia (UNAM), Namibia Polytechnic (Polytech) and Windhoek College of Education. UNAM said their students were out of school for the month of July (winter vacation), but to try again in August. Polytech and WCE, however, said No. They said we could not have an exhibition on their campuses and did not give us any valid reasons as to why we couldn't. WCE said in one of their e-mails to me that perhaps I should find a "neutral ...

Our pickup for the dolphin ride is at 9:15 today so we don't get much of a lie in this morning. Yesterday we stopped at a supermarket to buy some breakfast knowing that we had to fend for ourselves today. My breakfast consists of half a packet of chocolcate chip cookies and an apple (nice and nutritious!). Yum! <br><br>We get picked up along with a family of four and we're driven to Walvis Bay where we board the boat. Almost as soon as we get on, a seal jumps up on ...

... think! The stand up boarders are on one side of the dune and the lay down boarders on the other side. On the stand up side they built a jump into the dune for people who like a challenge. They actually use modified snowboards for the stand up boarding. I have been snowboarding before but the feel is slightly different. My first attempt was spent mostly eating sand on the way down the dune! The good thing about sand boarding is that the sand is much more forgiving than ...

... The first day day was pretty quiet. We had a relatively short drive to the winelands and actually camped overlooking a vineyard. Pretty cool actually. We had a wine tasting and got to know eachother a little better. <br><br>The night sky was beautiful as expected and I learned how to pitch a tent in 5 minutes flat (yes that's right Angie and Nat, 5 minutes!!) with my bunkmate Nikki. She is the girl I met and chatted with at the hostel but more about her later. <br><br>The ...

... going to spin out. We survived. The next two down was Ash and Megan who broke their board in half, created a nice big speed bump for the next two, who subsequently broke their board in half as well! It was very amusing to watch. Clinton's Sandboarding efforts were a lot better than what I was expecting. I got to watch his first go which he did really well (though still fell off.) Towards the end of the day he was getting a little more adventurous and tried the jump twice ...