Our first night in
Windhoek we got all dressed up and went to the Hilton Sky Bar. It was fun to
get all dolled up, since being in the bush I don't really get that opportunity
all that much. Sky Bar had a great view of the city, but some of our expensive
drinks came out not soo good, luckily mine was alright. Guess the Hilton's need
to come and teach their employees in Windhoek how to make a correct drink.
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| View from atop Hilton Sky Bar |
Another night we headed over to Joe's Beer House with two girls from Canada who
had just finished up volunteering in Madagascar and two Zimbabwean guys who
guide safaris all over southern Africa. We had met them at the backpackers we
were staying at. Joe's Beer House was a
really interesting restaurant and had a lot of stuff to look at. If I am ever
in Winhoek again I would definitely go back. It is known for their good beer
and game meat. So of course a few of us had to get that! 5 of us tackled the
meter beer and I also got to eat springbok, crocodile, ostrich, and ZERBA meat
all in one sitting!
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| The meter beer |
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| mmm game meat kabob |
One night another volunteer and I went out to Karaoke bar.
It was fun to brush up on my Karaoke skills. We preformed "Barbie Girl" by
Aqua and I think we were a good crowd pleaser. We also met the entire Scotland
National Cricket Team. They had been in Windhoek for 3 weeks playing Namibian
teams. I tried to get one of them to explain Cricket to me, but after they
explained I still didn't understand.
After spending a few
days in Windhoek we hopped on a mini bus and rode 4 hours to Swakopmund. Swakopund is a really cute German town that is nestled between the ocean and sand dunes.
Our backpackers was half a block
away from the beach which was awesome. Unfortunately it was too cold to swim,
but the view was great. The first night we went and watched the sunset and as
always it was breath taking.
In Swakop we were able to eat some good sea food
and relax. One of the other volunteers and I found some Paulaner Hefe-WefBbier
beer. I was very excited to have some good beer again.
One day we all went out to do the quad-biking
out on the dunes. This was by far my favorite part of the trip. I got to ride
the dunes for 2 hours and would have loved to have been out there even longer.
At one point our guide stopped to show us the dune where they do the
sandbaording. I was able to talk him into letting us go down on the lie-down
boards a couple times. That was pretty fun but also very tiring walking back up
the dune, so I am glad I only paid to do the quad biking. The views of the dunes from the bike were amazing and I got some great pictures:
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| just like sledding but on sand :) |
We also meet some more
interesting people from around the world and made some friends with some people
from South African, Angola, Israel, and Holland. Which is what I love about
backpackers. One person we met was the Ice Man (aka Wim Hof), who has around
20 Guinness World Records, one being having the fastest time running a marathon
in snow and ice bare foot. We were able to talk with him a little bit at
breakfast one morning. He was a very kind person with a really interesting back
story. Apparently he and his crew had just got done filming him running a marathon in
the desert without any drink of water! The most amazing thing though, was that he was
fascinated and appreciative by what we were doing as PCVs in Botswana. It was
good to hear that encouragement from a complete stranger, who is pretty amazing
himself.
Namibia was great
and it was hard to leave. Hopefully I will get to go back at some point in my life.
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