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Christmas in Namibia

Swakopmund, Namibia


Here are some pictures from Christmas in Namibia. Unfortunately I made the age old mistake of getting too drunk on Christmas Eve. There is no photographic evidence of this night but it involved 2 nightclubs, 2 bars, a drinking session on the beach and far too much white wine.

Anyway I woke up the next day to find 2 stockings at the end of the bed.

I had a terrible hangover/was still drunk but had already comitted to going sandboarding. Sandboarding involves lying on a bit of 6 by 4 and going head first down a sand dune. The MOJOR drawback of it is that there are no lifts so it also involves hiking up massive sand dunes in the heat, which doesn't mix well with a wine hangover. It was really good fun and by dune number 3 the adreneline had made me feel a little bit better. After a couple of epic fails (with a lot of sand in my mouth) I clocked 69 km/hour, which is pretty fast when your face is so close to the sand.

In the afternoon we went down to the beach for drinks, secret santa and sunset...



permalink written by  lizziecarver on December 25, 2010 from Swakopmund, Namibia
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