We're alive . . . in Swakopmund, Namibia

Hola! Sorry for the absence of blog posts. This is the first Internet connection we have found in the last 8 days. And now for the update . . .

We did not climb Table Mountain because of bad weather but instead spent the day relocating hotels, touring Cape Town and returning our rental car. We met our group that evening for dinner. Our group is 20 people total (2 Canadians, 1 Brit, 12 Aussies, 1 Kiwi, 2 Irish and us). We enjoyed a meet and greet dinner before heading to bed for an early wake-up. The next day we piled into our overlanding truck and went to the District 6 Museum. In the 1950's and 1960's, South Africa bulldozed black neighborhoods and relocated thousands of individuals (without warning or compensation)in an effort to segregate the country. We toured Langa Township in the afternoon, one of the relocation regions to see how many of the citizens live today and learn about the consequences of the government's actions. Very moving.

We headed North and slept in a vineyard in Cederburg that night.



We enjoyed a wine tasting after dinner at Highlanders and crawled into our heavy canvas tents for our first night of camping. the next morning we continued north towards the Namibian Border. During our drive, we saw Springbok and ostriches. Very cool. We camped on the banks of the Orange river which serves as the border with Namibia. After confirming no crocs or water snakes were in the river, we enjoyed a swim! The following morning we crossed the border which was surprisingly easy and continued our trek towards Fish River Canyon. We arrived just in time for an awesome sunset hike along the second longest canyon in the world.