Europa Hof Swakopmund

... us on a long walk into the desert to an impressive overlook, pointing out various plants and animals (mainly insects) along the way. We also saw a couple of springbok bounding over the sand dunes, which was pretty cool. After lunch, we went down into the Sesriem canyon, which apparently fills with water once in a while after those it rains in the mountains. The name Sesriem means "6 ropes," which is how many ropes it took early settlers to get a ...

Hey Mutha Funksters,

Just a real Quick one to say that CAPE TOWN turned out to be not too bad......if your into that sort of thing.....i met a lot of people ....and drank a lot of beer.......this is always quite good fun .....but it never really leaves me fullfilled............i can do the beer drinking thing at home..........id rather be out wrestling giraffes you know!

I caught an intercape bus to Namibia ............and got dropped of at ...

... would be making recommendations. Just to make sure I didn't get nailed because I didn't know alot I said this wasn't my real job but SAQ was my client and since I was traveling to the region anyways they asked me to do it. I was taking notes anyway on all the wines so it looked legit. Well I can tell you this made a world of difference. I had personal tasting with the wine makers of their "private reserve", wines not available for tasting were "found" and wines in excess ...

... I also checked my email and saw that Craig, our wedding photographer had sent a link to the slideshow he had put together. It was 8 minutes long and although I couldn’t hear the music I watched the whole thing, having 7 minutes left to do everything else online I needed to do.

That night we went back to the sandboarding office for copies of the DVD they made us for free and then went to dinner at Napoleotano where we were meeting our whole group ...

... couldn't swim so I think she did really well for a first timer and even survived some small rapids (though I'm sure they'll be massive in her stories home, haha). No-one fell in until our last set of rapids when "The Germans" hit a rock and capsized then about a mintue later whilst trying to get the boat ashore, I fell in too. I managed to fall in such a way that my @rse hit a rock on the bottom and I have a beauty of a bruise. Just before that our canoe ...

... they know it would be their last contact with the outside world for ten days. dinner was at a brau house with plenty of local color... and when we returned, our luggage arrived!

Patty:
Many thanks to our dear friends the Greens for caring for baby, Jazz. You guys are the BEST!
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Another optional activity on offer was a Township tour. Our group toured through the Mondesa Township, on the outskirts of Swakopmund, where we visited a Damara Chieftainess (the Damara people are on of Namibia's indigenous tribal groups), an artist's home, a medicine woman's 'clinic' and a local bar for drinks, traditional meal (which included spinach, beans and the mopane worm ...

... be a bit boring, but it's been amazing, and now I'm getting excited for the game parks and the Okavango Delta that are coming up. We're probably going to be out of contact for quite awhile now...maybe until Victoria Falls in 2 weeks. It's been nice having a bed here in Swakopmund, but now it's camping for the rest of May until we get to Zanzibar, which I'm actually excited about - I think that camping is the way to do Africa for sure! Talk soon, hope all is well at home!!!

... was fully booked the evening before so we had great expectations, sadly they were dashed somewhat. Still it beats eating off the truck!

When we weren't hugging seals or playing in dunes we spent time wondering around town. Pretty small place so easy to walk around. Nice bars, restaurants and some lovely souvenir shops. I spent the best part of a morning trying to find Skype to call home as my Dad was due to leave for a month long work stint up north so wanted to speak to ...

... R came down swearing at the top of her lungs, which caused the video man some issues as he came to edit the days play. Compared to standing up we all agreed that this form of getting down the dune was insane and we were definitely not the tough ones! A few more standing runs later and it was time for lunch, some beers and back to the hostel for a shower to wash sand from EVERYWHERE!. We enjoyed taking pictures of Sarah R who looked like she had taken a sand shower ...