Europa Hof Swakopmund

... I left them to go back to Cape Town. The place was fairly bizarre filled with middle aged germans drinking waaaaayyyy too much and dancing as no person should ever dance in public. We tried to find another place but the town was crazy dead. Very weird for a place that has a lot of "extreme" sports you would think it would be younger and more lively at night but it was more of a ghost town. Sept. 13th So taking off to Cape Town today and I have to say it's a mixed feeling ...

... movies in bed.That night we had a group dinner at a restaurant nearby and enjoyed eating game meats on ashared platter of Zebra, Kudu, Springbok ( I know what people are thinking but these animals are not endangered and the meats were actually very tasty).<br><br> Saturday 12th September. Swakopmund has strange weather patterns being by sea and desert in that for most days of the year fog clouds the town and coast and actually the fog is what gives water to the dune plants ...

... 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&#8217;t hear the music I watched the whole thing, having 7 minutes left to do everything else online I needed to do.<br><br>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 ...

... later and it was a good laugh but none of us lasted too long, the early mornings are finally catching up on us. <br><br>On Saturday we decided to go quadbiking in the desert. There was a choice between a manual or semi-automatic quadbike. After much debate we decided to go for the automatic. There wasn't much of a safety briefing or even instructions on how to handle the bikes and then all of a sudden we were off! The first 30 minutes were probably the best as we got to ...

... Norwegian. The ferry ride over to DRC was madness, it took a good 2 hours for the ferry to be unloaded and then loaded again, with people, and wears of all sorts. <br><br>DRC, as most of my friends know I was incredibly worried about traveling through the DRC even though we were passing through the west coast (away from most of the troubles). I was very relieved to find that while the UN present was very noticeable I never felt at all unsafe or concerned. It was interesting meeting ...

... Guesthouse where you will stay for the next two days (lunch will be had at a local restaurant in town). The afternoon is at leisure and can be spent exploring Swakopmund. Dinner tonight is at one of the famous local seafood restaurant. <br><br>Swakopmund Town: Swakopmund is a town with an air of enchantment about it, as if the ornate buildings of the old quarter and the lush greenery of the seafront ...

... We then head to the activity centre to find out about the different activities which are available to us. Swakopmund seems like a really nice little town, lots of little shops and restaurants, completely different to the desert that we've just come out of where you can literally see nothing but desert. After getting the chat about activities, we all book our activities for the following day, deciding to spend the afternoon checking out the town. All the ...

... quite a bit more work than I was ready for, but still a nice way to get out and see some of the landscape. Had a nice refreshing swim through one of the rapids as well. We packed up and headed for the Fish River Canyon, which is the world's 2nd largest canyon. Made it there about 5 minutes before sunset, and got some pretty nice pictures before setting up camp for the night. We did our canyon rim walk the next morning, and then had a long driving day to get deep ...

... so most of the time was spent exploring them. Theres a lot of activities to do there, they bill it as the dry Victoria Falls, with Skydiving, Quad biking, Sand surfing and loads of other activities. I signed up for the Quadbiking and the skydiving and the dolphin cruise but was the onyl one for that so it got cancelled unfortunatly.

... was a bit dissapointed. However, we did have to wake up at 4:30am the next morning (seriously! it was like being back in the army again!) but it was still dark out and the clouds had cleared so I got to see the perfect Namibian night sky anyway. <br>It cheered me up as I was heading to the washroom. I just stopped and looked at the million stars for a few moments. <br><br>After my final very bumpy ride we arrived here in Swakopmund. Which really just looks like a beach town that ...