So today most of the group went to take part in their various activities which included quad biking over sand dunes, a boat trip to see the dolphins and sandboarding. Adam and I spent the day with Christina, Simone and Stefanie and our first stop was at the local snake park. On arrival the owner's wife showed us a baby iguana which was only 2 days old and being kept in a little margarine tub. It was pure white like an albino although they say it will start t...

This morning we crossed the Tropic of Capricorn on our way to Swakopmund, the coastal town that is famous for its range of activities on offer. On the way we had lunch at the Walvis Bay Lagoon where there are often Flamingo's but all we saw were Pelican's and the lagoon itself wasn't very nice and was very smelly. On arrival in Swakop' we were dropped off at the local activity centre where there was a lot of advertising about the fact Brad Pitt and Angelina J...

Early start today! We got up and loaded our sleepy selves onto the truck at 5.30am. Don't worry, we didn't have breakfast first or have to pack up our tents at this stage as we were coming back for them so all we had to do was get dressed and climb onto the truck for a snooze. I'm not sure how long we drove for, I was asleep, but in what seemed like no time Siziba announced that it was time to get up and go climbing! In front of us was what is known as Dune 45...

Leaving the canyon behind we headed to some of the world's highest, and most recognised, sand dunes. Along the way we had a brief stop to visit a much smaller canyon which is known as the Sesriem. We were able to take a walk down to the bottom where it has run dry for the last few years due to poor rainfall. Siziba told us that about once every 20 years or so the rainfall is so high the canyon fills up again and runs with reasonable water levels for quite a ...

Today the trip starts to get a bit more interesting! Breakfast was at 8am which Siziba said is "a nice lie in" and then we headed to the Namibian border. Unfortunately this took a little bit longer than planned as one of the group members is from Hong Kong. She had previously confirmed with them that she didn't need a visa but the guys on duty didn't know the difference between China and Hong Kong so they tried to make her pay for a visa. After a lot of arg...