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Swakopmund
... to drive onto swakopmund, it's a salt road down and this sound exciting! Swakopmund is quite a nice little town, strangely feels like a holiday town we used to go to as children mixed with a European / German village. We sexists stay two nights, we had also seen a few overland vehicles so some new company may be in order... Mind you, Strange people over landers! Went to Yamaha motorcycle shop for advice on where to stay and eat.. As You ...
Exploring Swakopmund
... look around and ask about flights over Sossussvlei and wait to see if we have seats. Not the cheapest tour at about 250-320€ per person for 2 hours! We then look for dinner in The Tug but it is booked out until Sunday so we reserve that and we're lucky to get a table at Kückis Pub which was fantastic. We walked the short distance back and let it all settle! Recommend Spier wines! It was a great ...
Skydive and sandboarding
Carrie did her 1st skydive and is now addicted, i did my 20th and am still addicted. Richard (who is 76) also did one...LEGEND.
I did some Sandboarding which was also cool. Was good watching the videos of everyones jumps in the bar with the instructors. Good times.
Its a strange town with a German feel in the middle of the desert and the meaning of the name is "Excrement mouth opening" ...
Deutscher als Deutschland?
... gleich los zum Activity Centre unsere naechsten Tage planen. Ich wuerd ja am liebsten Alles machene - vom Seal Kayaking bis zur Township - Tour.
...am Ende buche ich fuer Tag 1 den Fallschirmsprung ueber der Wueste Namibias, yes!
Einige hab ich ja schon vorgewarnt, dass das auf meiner To - Do - Liste steht falls am Ende der Reise noch Geld uebrig ist. Naja, ich bin nicht ganz am Ende meiner Reise und Geld hab ich eigentlich auch keins, aber Alle vom Truck springen...da kann ich ...
Atlantic Coast Break
... drove up the coast to Swakopmund. On arrival, first stop was the activity centre where we were shown what we could do during our stay. We then went to our accommodation – the Swakopmund Rest Camp – which had about 200 chalets and bungalows of various designs. We were allocated a two bedroom chalet, sharing with an Australian couple – the younger elements of the group were situated just outside of earshot!
Also just round the corner is the ...