Strand Swakopmund

... the lie down sandboarding (where you go down the dune on a piece of plywood) and I managed to clock 67km/hr. Chris was not brave enough to try that one! It was pretty intense! After our work out we sat at the bottom of the dunes enjoying our much needed celebratory drinks!<br><br>After boarding we headed back to the bungalow to get changed and remove the sand from our undergarments! After a GREAT and much needed ...

... waiters are in school, and need jobs to pay for it. Wayne was not having this and went on a rant about tipping. Then he told us that we were the rudest people he had ever met, and Sarah huffily replied that he should take a look in the mirror. All in all, it was bad dinner. Sarah went to bed thinking that she didn't know how she would survive another 7 days on the truck. She also dreaded having to be head chef and cooking with him again. That night, she dreamt ...

... probably the best meat I've had along with the zebra and would for sure have it again. We then wanted to find a place to go out and were told the only place on a Monday that was happening was Chrome and when I asked what went down there I was told "16 year old girls!!!" So although I wasn't sure I liked the sound of that I thought of my mantra...if it makes for a good story...no just messing. We went with a bunch of English girls we met and the place was packed with what ...

... on the higher dunes out to sea were great and the 2 hours flew by and soon we were heading back to the quad bike centre besides the dune entries. No DVD of this though so no footage. The cloud stayed covering the town and it was cold. The ocean is barely swimmable for a lot of the year due to the icy seas but the windswept coast is amazing and further along is called the skeleton coast due to the shipwrecks and inhospitable environment and no water that even if people made ...

... hanging from the ceiling, so low that we had to duck and make our way around and through them. The witch doctor was in the back and people were taking pictures with him. He was in some sort of traditional garb, but peeking out of it I spotted a cell phone and couldn&#8217;t help but smile. When we came out we were accosted by the vendors who had greeted us before we walked in. They remembered our names and gallantly took our arms and led us to their tables ...

... an eye on us. It was breath taking. <br><br>We then went to a Cheetah reserve, the owners of a farm keep a portion of their lands to look after Cheetahs that have been trapped by local farmers and that would otherwise be killed. The family has 2 adult and one cub that they have hand raised as 'Pet's'. We went up to the house to meet them and pat them. It was amazing, they purred and licked me and the little one was just like a kitten, energetic and playful. <br><br>From here we ...

... to the right. After a couple of embarassing and sandy runs, we all became adapted to the sand and had a lot of fun with our runs. <br> Afternoon we went to the aquarium, the muesum and the photo shop to clean our cameras and get ALOT more batteries. <br><br><br>Hotel:<br>http://www.atlant icvilla.iway.na/<br><br>Our first time with internet service, we checked out Joel's Tanzania pictures and ...

... 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!!!

... Swokop Lodge and spent the rest of the afternoon sleeping. Well I did, Oliver had constant hiccups so sat up watching rugby. Headed out to dinner that night at the restaurant under the hostel... bloody awful. I ordered a steak medium rare which came out cold and pretty much uncooked. I ate it anyway but wasn't happy. How hard it is to ef up a steak? Seriously. <br><br>Another night a group of us went out for Italian and that was equally not nice. Actually half enjoyed, half did not ...

... 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 ...