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I’m back in Windhoek now, after spending the last couple days in Swakopmund / Walvis Bay.
There was a bizzarre icey breeze coming off the ocean, which was awesome in the 35 degree sun! Swakopmund and Walvis bay are some mediocre (in my professional one day opinion) separated by about 40 km. of a big yellow sea of sand dunes, which is very cool. I was hopeing to meet someone in Swakopmund that could take me south to the Sossusvlei, but had no luck! On the bright side, i got a call from some people back in Windhoek that they had space in their car to take me down on monday.

I grabbed a mini bus in town back to Windhoek, about 400 km. through more dessert from Swakopmund. It’s a really cool drive for someone who’s never seen a desert before! Closer to the greener area near Windhoek there was a herd of oryx by the road aswell! About halfway into the drive, it got a little scary when the mini bus started making very weird noises and kind of vibrated like a cell phone gone mad. It ended up breaking down, litterally in the middle of the dessert, but we were assured that if we hung out (not that we had much option) it would be up and running in no time! I had picked up a book at the last hostel i was at in Capetown, and decided I’d hang outside and read while we waited. What happened from here should have been filmed for some cutesy television program. Everyone started to get very jealous that I had something to do while we waited in the middle of nowhere, and before i even realised what happened three of them somehow convinced me to read the story outloud for everyone!
The book I had with me was a short book called Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I ended up reading the book cover to cover (it’s not too long) to 14 Namibians in the middle of the desert, while the driver fixed the van in a way I can’t even begin to describe.

If you ever get the chance to read Jonathan Livingston Seagull, 14 Namibians, and I recommend it! Anyways, about 8 hours after leaving Swakopmund, here i am, alive, and skin a couple shades darker, in Windhoek again!

good night

Adam

A bunch of pictures coming soon!