Drive to Namibia; Swakopmund.

Despite the advice we'd heard, we made it from Cape Town to Swakopmund in 2 days. 2 full days of driving mind you, but it can be done...1,890km in 19hrs! "Highlights" from the drive: Namibia is flat and looks a lot like the middle of the US, we saw only 10 cars once we crossed the border on our first day (10 cars in ~150km!), it was so cold at night that there was ICE on our windshield!, and the birds in the Namib desert are stuuupid (2 ended their lives on our windshield). The first wildlife sighting happened as well, as a few babboons were crossing the street right in front of us (luckily we were going slow already!

Last night we arrived in Swakopmund, which is a tiny little beach town with massive German influence - last night we ate at an actual brauhaus, singing and all. We must admit it is strange to be in the middle of Africa and hear people speaking German!! There was even some type of German carnival today??:

Today we did our first actual activity which was a combined sandboarding/quadbiking experience. We ATV'ed for about an hour into the dunes, sandboarding (read: pushed down a huge dune on nothing but a teeny piece of greased up plywood), and then ATV'ed out with a stop to see the ocean. Apparently we are not the only ones to have enjoyed this activity - the Brangelinas have spent time here as well - 13 times to be exact (according to their displayed document). We can see why:

Here are some pics of what we did today: