Okay! I left off with us heading to Swakpmund. We had heard it was more happening there. We booked two hotel rooms in town (which were only about $25 per person per night) at this pretty nice hotel. We didn’t get there till almost 3pm because we all needed to sleep in a bit after our African bar adventures from the night before... After putting our stuff down, we explore the town a bit. There wasn’t much to see, but it was cute. Two friends and me ended up getting lost from the rest of our group and had to explore alone. Luckily, we had set a plan to meet in case we separated. It’s really annoying not to have cell phones or texting. I have learned to appreciate it much more.

Jumped around bar to bar that night and had a pretty good time at the dance clubs. We got home at about 3:30am and crashed out. At 4:30am (ish) there a knock on our door. I hear men’s voices so I tell me friend Jonah to get the door. Long story short... it’s this guy that is on Semester at Sea with us but we don’t personally know. Turns out his roommates kicked him out of his room for being a drunk asshole. So we let him into our room, because the manager told us he would be kicked out otherwise... So morning (ie. Afternoon) rolls around and the guy is like, “So how did I get here?” We didn’t have the heart to tell him so we told him that he accidentally knocked on our door. Oh well.

So after, we managed to get clothes on and went out and got a quick breakfast. Then I jumped out of a plane at 10,000 feet in the air. It was pretty awesome.

That night we went out to the bars again, but they closed early because it was a Sunday. Semester at Sea kids, being the creative souls they are (hmm...) set up a bonfire at the beach. It reminded me of high school and California in general. It warmed my heart; although the pulls from the 1/5 of vodka we were drinking probably also attributed to that.

The next morning I woke up and was super sick and drained. We got in a cab and heading back to Walvis Bay so I could get into bed. We went out to dinner that night, but I skipped out on the bars. I stayed on the boat our last day in Namibia because I wanted to get over my flu before Cape Town.

We’ve had two days of class and we will be in Cape Town first thing in the morning. I’m happy I stayed on the boat for the day and pumped myself with vitamins, because I feel all better now!

Tentative Cape Town plans include bars (including hitting up the giant gay bar scene), hiking Table Mountain, bungee jumping, a few wine tours, and touring Robben Island (where Nelson Mandela was locked up)... Only time will tell!

I don't miss the rain, but I miss all of you!
Falyn