Spitzkop, Cape Cross Seals and Swakopmund

Sunday- We woke before dawn again and went on a walk with a guide to see Small Bushman's Paradise, a San rock art site. We also saw an awesome butter tree and a lovely arch. This place looks a little like Moab, but it's pink granite instead of sandstone.




















Then we rolled on Cape Cross and visited the seal colony. It was amazing to see so many seals. They sounded like sheep, Tarzan, dying people... the ocean at Cape Cross was a frothy bath of pee and poo. The smell was unbelievable. A jackal patrolled the area looking for stray pups. We spent Sunday and Monday night at the Swakopmund Rest Camp where we traded our tents for A frames.






Monday- This morning we met our paragliding instructor at 8am, headed for the dunes and had to turn right around to get another guy who hadn't linked up with us. Mario from Switzerland was our instructor. He was nice and kind of kooky.
It was pretty amazing to fly alone and be your own pilot. Our reward for carrying the heavy parachute up the hill was about one minute of flight down from the top of the dune. We made four flights before running out of time.
In the afternoon we went quad biking with the others. I rode with Jeff which turned out to be a good decision. The dunes were TALL and we did 'rollercoastering' on them. At one point all of us flew off the top of a dune and caught air.
We at a lighthouse restaurant on the water.