I woke up very early, and got ready for our trip to see some seals and dolphins. The buses left at about 0830, and it was a short ride to Sandwich Harbour (no, I’m not spelling it wrong, that is how it is spelled outside the US). As soon as we got there, we saw tons of birds, and pelicans…HUGE pelicans. They were everywhere. We boarded our boat, the Flipper, and were off. After a short while, a seal swam up to our boat, jumped onto the back, and climbed onto the boat. It was AWESOME! We petted the seal and our skipper fed him, and after a few minutes, he was forced off the boat…lol. Some pelicans also flew up to the boat, and ate fish out of the air that the skipper threw. We went out into the bay to find some dolphins. We found a bottlenose dolphin, which are rare, and sailed around it for a while. Then, we heard that another boat found a moonfish, which is extremely rare in those waters. We sailed out to sea and found it. All you could really see was the fin, but when it got very close we could kind of see the fish, which weighs over a ton. After that, we sailed back towards the harbour, and had lunch on the boat, which was a bunch of seafood and some vegetarian rolls, which Achal and I devoured ravenously. We got back to the harbour at 1230 and headed back to the ship.
Achal and I wanted to go to Dune 7, and we talked to our driver, and he told us he would drive us there for free. Once again, Namibian hospitality wins. So, Achal and I got a ride to the sand dunes. We climbed most of Dune 7, and man it was HARD. Every time I took 5 steps, I would go back about 4 and- a-half steps. Also, the sand was scorching hot and it got inside our shoes and burned. Feeling accomplished after going up most of the way ;) , I ran back down. It was SO MUCH FUN! The sand was like having huge shocks on your feet, and the dune that took 20 minutes to climb took all of 20 seconds to descend. I felt like I was running in slow motion. We walked back to the lodge/tour station and got some cold drinks. After about 30 minutes, we joined a group of SAS students and took a cab back to Walvis Bay. We walked to the coffee shop we went to the first day and ordered some tortillas, which were delicious.
After lunch, we tried to buy a Namibian flag to add to our collection. We went to several shops, but could not find one. It was very frustrating. Finally, one shop guided us to another shop that carried flags. So, we entered the shops and I asked for a Namibian flag. The owner laughed and said we were too late, because the other SASers has raided her shop and bought all the flags. I was pissed off and we left to go back to the ship. I had a flag of every country so far, and it sucked not finding a Namibian one. We had a hard time finding a taxi to get back to the ship, and we finally found one, but she was asking for 25 Namibian dollars each, which is how much we had paid to go to Swakopmund. We were a little late, so we reluctantly agreed, and came back to the ship. I got on the ship, turned around, and waved good-bye to Namibia. This country really blew me away. It was very nice, clean, and the people were amazing. I am sure it changed several students’perception of Africa, as Morocco already did. So long Namibia…great times and so many memories. 2 days until South Africa! I am soooo excited. I think EVERYONE on the ship is extremely excited. Cape Town should be amazing, and we will see what happens. Some extreme adventures and crazy stories are just around the corner. Ok, guys, thanks for reading about Namibia! It’s hard to describe with only words, so I will try to upload some pics and perhaps videos from South Africa. Until later, this is Yash signing out. Take care!
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