Arriving in Swakopmund

On arrival in Swakopmund, Patrick drove us around the town so that Laban could explain to us where everything is. He dropped us off at an activity centre so we could all choose what we wanted to do for the next couple of days. We booked a dolphin and seal cruise for tomorrow. While the others were still deciding, we went to the supermarket across the road to buy breakfast supplies and some pasta and mince to have for dinner this evening.

At the campsite, Henry had already prepared chicken stew and rice for lunch, which we ate whilst sitting in the sunshine outside the crew’s chalet. There was another Intrepid truck parked across the road. It was on its way south and will leave for Cape Town in the morning. We had a chat with their leader, Nash, who had led the trip Kristina took from Zanzibar down to Cape Town. He remembered her very well! 😊

After lunch, we got our keys for the chalets. We are sharing with Trisha and John. There was some argument when people realised who they were sharing with!

While the arguing continued, the rest of us emptied the truck of all our stuff and got settled in. The first job was to sort out our laundry! Mark took ours to the place down the street. We can pick it up at 4pm on Monday. Trisha and John went out to explore the town and find somewhere to have dinner. We stayed in. There is no wi-fi here, but I started to update my notes, and Mark took his photos off the camera. There is a TV in the chalet, so we were able to see a bit of world news and catch up with some sport. Later, we had pasta for dinner and took advantage of having our own bathroom to have showers and wash the desert out of our hair!. When Trisha and John came back, we chatted for a while before going to bed.Read more