Swakopmund

Fri – We started early in the morning. We drove the back way to Swakop. We stopped near some small hills to climb up and look at the paintings on the rock wall. I didn’t touch the rail. I have been blessed with many talents and a wonderful family. We stopped at the side of the road and some people bought some stones from the locals. I wish my family could be here it would be more fun with them. After a long time on the road we finally made it to cape cross where there were hundreds of seals. It was kinda neat to see, but they smell really bad. There were a bunch of jackal around too. I got to take a few pics of them and that was nice. After that we drove th rest of the way to swakop and I got motion sickness. We ate at a little place3 next to the ocean, and I had a Tropical Pizza, first for me with bananas on it! I went to sleep quick that night.

Sat – We woke up at around 830, and I didn’t feel too hot so I decided not to go sand boarding. Ab our uide took my place. I got my refund later. We walked the town for a while. All of the shops were nice, but their prices were high. Romeo bought me an egg rock that I said I liked. I am so glad he did, I will treasure it for a long time. We got back to the A frame and they picked us up to go to ride camels. It was cool to ride the camels, they are a lot bigger than I ever thought. It’s similar to horses, exept they spit and stuff. After we did that we drove out to the dunes to ride the quads. The guide was German and he had had a few to drink I think. We set out on the dunes and It was a little chilly because of the movement and the breeze. The dunes are so beautiful and it was so fun to ride on the dunes. Our guide was so funny looking, he brought us to a place where he rode up to the top and spun around, came back and said “ who wants to go on a rollercoaster?” I was holding back the laughter, but we all did it. I had more fun watching the Namibian students ride than myself. The timing was just perfect for the ride because we started our ride just as the sun was turning gold. The dunes looked amazing and I kept shooting pics as we rode. We finished off with a perfect view of the sunset over the ocean from atop the dunes, Amazing! Once we got back to the house we ran to the grocery store to get some grub, and while there they had a sale on crayons, so Susan and I bought a case for the kindergarten later on. It cost us like 50 american for 132 12 packs. Once we got back the fun had just begun. We had around 12 of us at the pad, and we all ate and laughed about some fun stuff. The Namibians tught us about some of the customs in their dating. When a guy asks a girl out, and she accepts he goes to pick her up and she has six of her cousins ready to with her. We all laughed so hard as the Namibians bickered back and forth about their traditions. Sometimes if you start to make money, the extended family decides that they will come “visit,” well they end up moving in for quite a long time. After dinner we started to play the sign game and that was a lot of fun. We finally got to bed around midnight.

Sun – We got up and out of the place by eight. We drove to Walvis Bay and it’s really ice there. The houses look like a very rich area in America. We went through onto Dune 7. It’s the largest dune in Namibia and one of the largest in the world. It was fun to climb, and it reminded me of our family trips to lake powell. We hung at the top for a minute, and then a couple of use raced down. I straight smoked em’. A couple of the guys fell down and I didn’t notice. We raced three times and I killed em’ every time. I taught them how to run on the dunes and they finally got it. Qweyo one of the Namibs nearly beat me on the last one, but I came through. I grabbed some sand from the top to give to Brother Kauffman. I had a lot of fun running, and everyone had a great time. I want to use my running in a scene for a movie. You’ll get the video in a podcast here soon. After that we came into Walvis to wash off and I got to play in the ocean for the first time ever. I had a ton of fun playing in the water. While I was on my mission I touched the water, but I never got in obviously. I have now seen the sun set on the Atlantic and set on it as well. I tried to catch a wave and ride it a little but I ate it unfortunately. Mike just laughed at me, but it was fun. I’ll have to go to the ocean when it’s nice and warm and try again. After that we grabbed some food at KFC, and now were just on our way back to Windhoek.

After I wrote this we stopped at a Bushmen village to take a little tour with a family. They showed us how they survive out in the wilderness. It was interesting to see how they live. They were so beautiful! I got some fun shots of the kids and the family. We gave the little kids some crayons we baught and they were happy.