Hansa Swakopmund

... guys go ahead and just gunning it and seeing how fast I could go. We saw a few skeletons of animals that got lost in the dunes and gradually died of starvation but the coolest thing was a "snake" which looked more like a worm as it had no mouth that I could see. It was around a foot and a half but was metallic silver and kept on trying to burry itself. After that Jaimie and I chilled for a bit and we decided to go out to the same place we had gone a couple days ago ...

... if you leave it to be done by someone for a price). Bliss clean bodies and clothes. Next we had a briefing about what activities we might want to do over the next few days and we watched DVD presentation designed to inspire us to do them. It worked and we signe up for the sand boarding, quad biking and Wayne for a skydive of course.Back at the room we enjoyed watching TV and in English a movie channel!!!Needless to say we spent hours over the next few days enjoying ...

... Only to have Gabe go down once more and get 77! Now people were really egging me on as I breathlessly arrived at the top and insisted I had to go down once more and with more wax. I didn’t beat him though and I gave him a good high five and a hug as we happily prepared to slide our way back towards the truck. We made sandwiches for lunch with rolls, another exciting surprise, and beer. When we got back Krista and I went shopping while the boys went to a ...

... snore but I've developed a bit a cold probably because of the last few nights being frozen in the tent. <br><br>Friday morning we were up at 5am for a drive to Swakopmund. Swakopmund is a 3 night stop where we get to sleep in beds, I don't think I've ever been looking forward to sleeping in a dorm so much! It was our chef Malinga's birthday so we all went out as a group for dinner that night. It was a messy affair but we all eventually got fed. We hit the nightclub in the ...

... for Kevin Rudd and you will start to picture it, now add every second person you see wearing a; hat, T-shirt, pants, dress, umbrella, scarf. It was incredible. It meant we had to cut our stay short just in case thing went slightly pear shaped, we did manage quite a fun night out though. Ben had a boys night with Scorpo and Rob, while I went out with the girls, this ended with me (the girls partied on with the presidents sons) being driven home on the back of a ute with Lene the ...

... you are transferred to the Sossusvlei Desert Lodge airstrip, where you board an aircraft for your scheduled flight to Swakopmund. You take off for a scenic flight over the 'Namib Sand Sea' and along the Atlantic Ocean (seeing old Diamond camps and shipwrecks), landing in Swakopmund. On your arrival in Swakopmund, you are met by your private guide from Ultimate Safaris and transferred to Atlantic ...

We woke up early this morning to catch the sunset, and took lots more photos. Breakfast was at 8am and we then set off at 9am for the drive to Swakopmund. We decided last night to take the faster, nicer road, rather than the scenic route which takes two hours longer and is on bumpy roads as we've all had enough of being thrown around in the truck. We arrive into Swakopmund (and the smell of fish) around 11am, and set up for an early lunch (picnic on the beach ...

... a citrus farm, and had a guided walk with a very interesting local in some of the hills behind the campground. We actually learned a ton from this guy... he found scorpions, millipedes, aardvark dens, and showed us some old rock paintings and lots of plants and other stuff. The next day we crossed into Namibia and stayed along the banks of the Orange River, which we had a nice canoe trip on the following morning. It was a lot more of a float than I was expecting ...

... huge gash in the side, had been there for just under 2 months. Finally Swakopmund. We were staying at a hostel and were split into two dorms, the kids took one and all the rest of us took the other, even tho we were all crammed in none of us wanted to stay in with the kids. There was loads of restaurants and places to see in the ...

... the sun was setting, it wasn't too hot. Once we got to the top the view was spectacular and the sunset was just.......I have no words. I took a million photos but it won't do it justice. After the sun had set came the most fun part...running down the dune. I actually felt like a was 5 years old again. You run forever and your feet dive into the warm, soft sand, I loved it!! <br><br>I was really looking forward to seeing the night sky that night but it was a little cloudy so ...