Sunday, October 16, 2011

Dunes, wena o fentse (Dunes, you are the winner... aka Dunes FTW)

One of the perks of Peace Corps service is the potential travel. 2 weeks ago I returned from about 5 days in Namibia, and it was a great vacation. Since living in the southern part of land-locked Botswana the largest body of water I'd seen was in my laundry bucket, so I was looking forward to meeting with an oceanic coast. We drove all the way out to Swakopmund, Namibia and got some great R&R on the beach. But really, even more fun than seeing salt water again was getting to see some dunes. They were ridiculously fun to play around on, like a big sand box for big kids. And they were beautiful! Posted some of my photos below (shout out to my Dad for telling me how to compress!)




Me, attempting the jumping shot in sand.

My Volunteer friend, Britt. (REI called, they want their photo back)



Awkward jumping shot at sunset.

The little kid at the bottom right was one of many sliding down the dunes on pieces of cardboard.