Hotel Pension d'Avignon Swakopmund

... on the way, as well as in a town called Walvis Bay, where we saw flocks of flamingoes in the tidewater.

Here in Swakopmund, there are million activities for tourists to do. This morning, four of us went quad biking on the dunes. A quad bike is a motorized 4-wheeled bike/motorcycle, heavy and very low to the ground so it won't tip over. It was a lot of fun. Most of the time, we were so completely surrounded by dunes that you couldn't ...

... there was a loop hole in the tent .........after 20 mins my tent somewhat resembled a tent .....i will get better with more practise i thought as i stepped inside ...
pretty pleased with my efforts actually

I proceeded to have the coldest night of my life.......i realised that you can sleep with NOISE , with LIGHT On, but you cant sleep when your Feckin Freezing.....and your feet are like Ice Blocks.

The Next day i got another 6 ...

... price...I can't imagine anyone paying this." I ended up having a chill night after that but was looking forward to visiting Stellenbosch tomorrow to see how it was different. September 17th For breakfast had an Ostriche steak and some Ostriche egg. A little different and it was pretty damn good. Went on my own this time to Stellenbosch wine region which is the capital and my little story again worked better than I expected. Some of these estates had mansions dating ...

... golfing glove he had found in one of his pants pockets and Heini immediately put it on and demonstrated his Michael Jackson moves. Somehow someone’s comment prompted me to say as a play on Michael Jackson "It’s black, it’s white" and no sooner had I said this then the music changed and the DJ played Michael Jackson’s “It’s Black it’s White” song. We were all kind of in amazement at that. I’m not sure if he ...

... in before dinner so off we trudged in the sand (lots of sand!) and we managed to get lost! 'J' and I asked a truck driving past for directions and luckily they were heading to reception (in the same building) so we followed them but half the group we still ahead of us and on their way to Cape Town under 'O's' lead! By the time we got to the bar the generator had crashed and there were no lights though so off we trudged back to the campsite drink-less ...

... 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.

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 were somehow spirited away from ...

... its' people. By all means, I realize that I did not visit all parts of the continent, or all its' peoples, but the my experiences in several countries (one's that are constantly portrayed as poverty stricken) allowed me to encounter genuinely happy people, full of life and vitality. They may not have all the 'technology' that we have, but they are living fruitful, satisfying lives ...

... to be back in the land of eternal wifi!!

Also finding it hard not having a mobile, especially after being so contactable in SA but we had best get used to that.

Guess what? One morning I got up at 6:30 and went to a spin class with Sarah and Martin at the local gym. Me... up at 6:30 to go to the gym?!?! What the??? It was great. Used to be addicted to spinning in London, totally forgot how much it burned though. Martin and I bailed out after the first 45 minutes and ...

... way it is if you travel around a country like Namibia on an old car, in which the difference between inside and outside is indeed just a very thin layer of metal, and not having air conditioning we also have to drive with our windows down all the time. The positive side of this is that you get to feel more in touch with what and who is around you, as opposed to most of the other travelers we've met along the road - mainly South ...

Moving north and west our next stop was Walvis Bay (Dutch/Afrikaans Walvisbaail meaning "Whale Bay"), is the name of both a port in Namibia and the bay on which it lies. The bay has been a haven for sea vessels because of its natural deepwater harbor, protected ...