Swakopmund is a funny little place. It's a small town on the coast with massive sand dunes on one side, and the sea on the other side. It's Namibia's centre for adrenaline sports, so today we try our hand and sandboarding. Turns out that getting down a 150m sand dune is a damn site quicker and easier than getting up the b*****! Good fun through. We also tried a lie-down stand boarding run, where you lie on a piece of 7mm hardboard, and send yourself down the...

Hi All A very quick blog update: We're in Swakopmund, Namibia. The Atlantic ocean on one side, and massive sand dunes of the Namib desert on the other side. We're going to be heading off in a minute to try our hand at sand boarding. I'm surely destined to make a complete arse of myself! We'll put together a more comprehensive update as soon as we get a better internet connection. So much has happened, in such a short space of time! We've been chased by el...

Leaving Spitzkoppe, we to the coast today, via the Cape Cross Seal Colony. Which is a seal colony. At Cape Cross. It's birthing season, so there are loads of babies about, and loads of animals bumping uglies. And it all stinks of fish. AWESOME!