11.13.2012

Oct 31st & Nov 1st

October 31

Windhoek!!
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Erik:

We have decided to take some time off. We arrived in Windhoek almost 2 weeks ahead of schedule and still want to see some things before we leave Namibia. Sooooooo, we are taking a night train to Swakopund for a few days. Swakopmund is a city on the coast. The coolest thing about it is that there are dunes! And it's on the beach. Win. It should be a nice break from the bikes.
We explored Windhoek today. It's very cool. Small but very cosmopolitan. It has a very good mix of people. We love Namibians, btw. Very nice and down to earth.
Steph made pasta for all of us (Steph, Erik, Matthias & Dustin). So we ate together, drank and talked until 11pm.

Steph:

I really like this city and had so much fun people watching today. There's a little bit of everything here. Business people, locals, tourists, students, everything. It makes sense since this is the capital. It has everything a big city has to offer (museums, art, shopping, theatre, architecture, etc) just on a smaller scale than usual. There were people of every race and background and everyone was happy and getting along. A little better than the off-standish vibe we got in SA.
I got a really bad sunburn on my shoulders. I never learn. Oi. We also ate Doner! In Africa! I've only ever seen those in Berlin! And they were delicious. It's filled with germans over here, btw. It's fun. We walked to the train stations to buy our tickets for tomorrow and ended our stroll with lemon ice cream. The best.

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November 1
Windhoek
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Steph:

I've literally spent all day updating blog entries today. We need to figure out a more efficient way of doing this :) Hopefully this isn't too boring for everyone.
We'll try to add more photos as well.

I miss everyone at home and hope you all know how important you are to me!

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