News from Namibia

I received a phone call from Christina from Swakopmund, Namibia this morning. She and some other students stayed a couple nights in a backpackers lodge there. When she told me how much she loved this area, I was surprised. She said the dessert is beautiful. Somehow I didn't expect this. Afterall, the area has been described by the Bushmen of the Namibian interior as "the land God made in anger", while Portuguese sailors once referred to it as "the gates of hell". Anyway, Christina and some of her SAS friends had lots of fun riding quads on the dunes. She said she was sunburn, though it's uncertain she was overexposed while on the dunes or on the beach. She said they'll be out to sea for a day before arriving Cape Town.