I have 15 minutes at an internet cafe here in Namibia. hopefully I'll be able to cover everything in that time!

Okay! So we left Brazil to cross the Atlantic Ocean over to Africa. It took 8 days at sea to make it, but we finally ported in Walvis Bay, Namibia (pronounced Wall-fffish Bay). This is the first time Semester at Sea has ever gone to Namibia so no one had ever been there, which also meant we didn't really know what to expect. Namibia was a German colony until 18 years ago (crazy!), so it's surprisingly nice. People are pretty poor here and there's a 40% unemployment rate, yet, everyone is sooo cheerful!

The first day we spent walking around Walvis Bay, exploring, shopping and such. Namibian food is really German food because the Germans were here for so long. We got a Namibian lunch and it was super yummy. Later, we decided randomly to go to this place call "Sushi Pizza Seafood Bar" sounded like something we could like! We knew we'd be drinking that night so decided to start dinner with a shot and some beers. Oh us stupid Americans! It turns out the rugby game was on... Everytime one of the teams scored we got a free (yes free) blue shot, everytime the other team scored we got a free (yes free!) green shot... Oye. We ended up going back to the boat like 8 shots deep to get ready to go out for the night with our new Namibia friends that we made at Sushi Pizza Seafood Bar. Went to a couple of bars with these guys from dinner (here's where things get a little hazy)... Let me point out that $1 US = $8 Namibian... Shots are about $9 Namibian... Well another 5 shots and 4 beers later, I may have made out with a super hot Namibian guy...

The next day we went to a city about 30 minutes away from our port city. Oh shit, I only have 4 minutes left. I'm going to say to be continued and finish this up when I'm back on the boat. Here's a hint of what happens: there are more bars and eventually skydiving involved!

Love you and miss you all!
Falyn