For our daughters

Dear Leilah, Maya and Tara - today's blog is for you three.  We started off this morning in Swakopmund, a funny little town on the beach in Namibia.  It is very cold there with heavy mist even though it is in the desert - because the water is very cold and comes from the Antarctic and hits the very hot and dry desert air.

We rode along the shore towards Henties Bay - it was very strange because the beach was full of toilets and nothing else.  There is a lot of good fishing along that coast - Leilah you would be able to catch a lot of big fish there.  We found a shipwreck - it was called the Zeila of Hangana and was a fishing boat that crashed onto the shore in a storm.

Zeila of Hangana

From there we went inland and the cold wet air quickly turned into dry desert air.  We wanted to see a big rock called the Spitzkoppe, so we went on a very sandy road instead of taking the main road.  We could see the Spitzkoppe off in the distance getting bigger and brighter as we approached it.  We stopped at the side of the road to stretch our legs before turning off, as we were standing there we took some photos of Gary and Debbie - as we were looking at them now we thought they look like Tellytubbies - what do you think?

lala

pinky-winky

The Spitzkoppe was amazing - its a HUGE rock with lots of little rocks on it and its split down the middle.  The road was full of sand around there and it made our bikes dance around a lot.

Pete at Spitzkoppe

We found a place to have a coffee and as we got there we were greeted by some funny little creatures.  They were very friendly young Meerkats and they loved to be cuddled and scratched.  They made funny squeaky noises as they talked to each other and had long conversations with us.

Black Debbie strikes a Meerkat Pose 

No Peter - you can't eat it....

Meet Pavarrrrrroootti

Tonight we are sleeping in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.  There is a lot of excitement here because of the football and lots of cars are flying German flags.  We will have to come back here with you three some time - you would like it here!

Love Pappa and Daddy