In April - May, I had a month of school holidays, which was spent with my brother and sister. The first part our trip was spent in Namibia itself. One of the highlights of the whole trip was in Swakopmund, when I skydived from 10,000 ft into the barren but stunning Namib desert, which backs on to the Atlantic Ocean. We also went sand-boarding (which I wrote about at Christmas) and I beat my record to get to 78km/h. Here is me and my sister Anna pre-skydive. Looking pretty calm, don't you think? It's only 3 kilometers up the air, after all.
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After Swakopmund we made our way to Etosha National Park for 3 days.The first 2 days were reasonably uneventful - apart from some giraffes, all we really saw were springbok, and springbok, and more springbok. Our local guide said that because of the recent rains, many of the animals had enough water so they didn't need to rely on the waterholes. When it got to day 3 we were a bit disheartened at the thought of missing all of the "big 5", but then our luck turned. We saw a cheetah, a sleeping lion, a rhino crossing the road and an elephant washing itself. In our tent at night, we heard what sounded a lot like a lion roaring just outside the campsite...luckily the fences were high enough. Here are a few of the pictures I took in Etosha.
Giraffes play fighting. This is also how they fight for real - hitting each other with their necks.
After leaving Etosha NP, we stayed in several towns throughout Namibia - Tsumeb, a mining town; Rundu, a town in the North of Namibia which is just over the river from Angola; Katima Mulilo, which lies at the very end of the Zambezi Region (formerly the Caprivi Strip) which is the northern part of Namibia which juts out Eastwards. My sister Anna left us from Rundu to fly home. Apparently something important to do with sitting university exams...
Anyway, tomorrow we will be teaching the grade 1 class all day so I better go and plan some lessons. I promise it will be less than 3 months until my next update.
