We got a lot in. After spending a full morning driving, we made it to Walvis Bay. A very bizarre change in scenery indeed. From the arid hills and flat lands around Windhoek, through a vast desert, ending up in the worlds largest and most golden sand dunes, that fall away into the sea. In Walvis Bay, Rick was insistent on eating at a restaurant where he had lunch on a previous visit. ....after about an hour of driving around, and the rest of the passengers wanting to lynch him, he finally found it. Though he did redeem himself because it was one of the best seafood meals I've ever eaten! Not kidding, and I've had a lot of seafood in my life. The town itself was, errr.... weird. Never in a million years would I have guessed we are in Africa. It looked like a seaside village in Central America. ....by the way, did you know that fishing is Namibia's second largest industry? 1st is diamond mining, and 3rd is tourism. Also, Namibia is the only country in the world that has sand dunes that go right to the ocean. (pretty neat stuff)
From there we ventured out to "Dune 7" where we took a guided quadding tour of the dune filled desert. Too cool. From there, we went over to Dune 7 itself, and with Tracy on Rick's back (I won't use Tracy's comments, at least not in print!) we hiked part way up the dune for a spectacular view. From there Rick and I hiked the nearly 1,000 foot dune to experience a once in a lifetime view.
Back at the residence now, and ready to get back to work. Which I'm sure will include some more of that fabulous Namibian hospitality in the evenings.
We'll have s shorter week as next weekend we'll head up North for another adventure. I believe it will be a very busy week, so I'm not entirely certain when I'll be able to blog again, but I promise I will. Oh, I promised Tracy I wouldn't post the picture of her on Rick's back going up the Dune. ....so you'll have to see me when I get home. ;-) (sorry Tracy)
Wayne
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