Namibia

Hello there!!

Okay, I don't have much time so let's do this!

We left the 30th for Windhoek, Namibia at 7am.  We finally arrived around 8pm at night.  It was a longgg bush ride.  Yet, we lucked out because each of us had three seats to our selves.  We each slept hours!  The bus dropped us off in the the main business district.  We walked a couple of blocks to our hostel and checked in.  It's called the cardboard box and it was super busy!  We quickly made dinner.  Rebecca's mom had sent her a thanksgiving box that of course didn't arrive until the day before she left, so we are using the "thanksgiving dinner" on the road!   Friday night we had mashed potatoes, stuffing, and baked beans.  Good stuff!  We were all pretty exhausted so we climbed into our tent pretty early.  Now unfortunately, it is a lot colder in Windhoek than Gaborone.  I don't have a sleeping bag, only a blanket, until Emma gets here.  So It was kind of a cold night.  You would htink I would have at least packed a jacket... but oohhhh no.  Not Kaylee. Oh well, I apparently like to learn the hard way.

So Saturday morning we woke up, ate free pancakes from the hostel, and drank warm tea.  YUM!  We packed up and journeyed out into Windhoek.  We bought our bus tickets to cape town, Audrey posted a package, and then we hopped on a combi (or they call them taxis I think).  We left around 10 and finally got to Swakopmund around 4-5ish.  We again got dropped in the central business distract nd walked a couple blocks to our hostel, the Desert Sky.  It's a really nice place and our tent is set up on Grass.  GRASS!  Oh what a wonderful thing to sleep on!  We made cheesy potato soup, added some noodles, and played cards.  After a run, we met some really cool people in the kitchen and just talked to them for awhile.  Around 10:30 we went out dancing. There was a good dj and a diverse group of people!   I borrowed several extra blankets from the hostel and slept like a baby!

Sunday was interesting because the power was out all day.  They were doing some construction work or something.  We got up that morning and at the rest of our soup before it could go bad.  We lathered up on sunscreen and headed to the beach.  The water was a bit cold but we jumped in anyway.  We walked a bit and napped a bit.  Oh, how I love the beach!  Afterwards, we walked around the city a bit but it was a like a ghost town because there was no power.  Swakopmund is really pretty.  It's like a little Europe. It use to be some German colony so you can see the influences everywhere.

We stopped at the grocery store (yay for generators) and then headed back for lunch.  After yogurt and peanut butter banana sandwich's we headed back out into the town.  We had a cappuccino at a small cafe and read for a bit.  On the way back, it was decided we would run instead of nap.  Eke.  Have I mentioned how beastly these two girls are?  Well they are.  Just keep running, Just keep running.... After our run, we came back and showered.  We hooked up with three guys from our hostel and went to the lighthouse to eat. It was a lot of fun and we had a beautiful view.  Back at the hostel, we started a  good game of cards and baked cookies. Finally the six of us headed out to play pool.  It's embarrassing how bad I am!   It was a late night and I was asleep before my head hit the pillow (which is a pile of my clothes bunched together.)

This morning we got up, wolfed down breakfast and got picked up for sand boarding.  I originally just signed up for sand sledding because it was 10 dollars cheaper than snowboarding, but when we got there they let me also do sand boarding! Woo Hoo!  It's like snowboarding.  I had a blast!  Climbing back up the dune was quite a workout!  We have a cool video highlighting our experience.  After we were all too tired to keep hiking back up the dune, we went back to the truck and had lunch.

The rest of the day was lazy.  Naps, food, and window shopping!  Good times.  Now it's 10 at night and I think we are going to crash!

Catch up with yall soon!