Dispatches from Swakopmund, Namibia
Arrived by Truck on Monday, December 1st, 2008 at 2:00pm local time
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Swakopmund; In which we slide down sand dunes at stupid speeds on our bellies
It's customary to sign up for an assortment of activities while you're in Swakopmund - quad-biking (what we call ATVs at home), skydiving and the like. The only one that interested us was what they call "sandboarding" - where you slide down sand dunes on sheets of thin, flexible particle
Monday, December 1st, 2008

Nature, red in tooth and claw - the Cape Cross seal colony; On to Swakopmund; In which I eat an entire ostrich
Sheryl and I woke up before dawn, snatched a quick breakfast and headed out to explore more rocks before the truck ft at 8. I felt like a bit of a jerk because I kept having to hurry her along - she loves the rocks so much that we'd have


































