The long walk up the dunes

Sandbording in The Namibian Desert

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August 12th 2009
What fun this was. We spent two hours sandboarding down the beautiful sand dunes. I chose to do the lay down option of boarding vs the stand-up, like snowboarding. They lay down people got to fly down the dunes at high speeds. The board is basically just a floppy, wooden plank. you lay down on your stomach and hang on! I made the rookie mistake a few times of dropping my hands. When ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund

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South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla gr... ... read more