Day 7, which was 7/7/2007 :), was full of activities. We woke up relatively late, went to the town to try the slowest Internet ever and then, from 9:30 waited for a van which was supposed to take us to the dunes where we tried.... SANDBOARDING!!!
Well, I can write here whatever but if you don't try, you can't really know what I'm talking about. :) Ok, sandboarding is very similar to snowboarding, except it's on sand and you don't have to wear winter clothes. It's actually exactly the opposite - you should wear summer clothes because going up the dune with the board and in snowboarding boots is very very demanding. :)
The people who taught us to sandboard were great, friendly, helpful. Of course, you can't learn it in one day, but I tried. I was really good compared to other beginners, if you want to know. :) But I didn't manage to turn to the left, I always fell down... Which wasn't that bad because it doesn't hurt in the sand. So this was stand-up sandboarding, for the hardcore people :)))
But because we paid more, we could also try the lie-down sandboarding which was lots of fun too. You simply lie down on a piece of plywood (if it's the right English name) and go down the dune with your head first. Lots of fun! The speed is up to 75 km/h. And it hurts. And we - because we were the hardcore one - didn't get the elbow pads and stuff like that which the not-cool guys (i.e. those who did only lie-down :)) had. But we did enjoy it anyway :)
Around noon, I think, we finished and got some food. And bought T-shirts but they are really nice. :) And went back to the backpackers to take a quick shower and get ready for another sand activity - QUAD BIKING.
They say it's "the most fun in Namibia with your clothes on". I don't know if I liked this or sandboarding better because it was so different. But it was so much fun too (though I wouldn't like to get lost in the dunes...) However, the fun was very much based on the group you were in. And ours was good. Until this stupid girl didn't force herself to be the first one (after the guide). I was the first one almost all the time, second was Emma, a girl from our tour, and we really had fun cause we were fast. But this girl sucked and was slow and annoying... The advice is - don't try to be first when you suck. :)))
Oh, and the good thing about both activities was that in both cases, we were the biggest group of the day which meant that we got videos from both for free! Yeaaah!!! :)
PS: Some photos coming soon...
Well, I can write here whatever but if you don't try, you can't really know what I'm talking about. :) Ok, sandboarding is very similar to snowboarding, except it's on sand and you don't have to wear winter clothes. It's actually exactly the opposite - you should wear summer clothes because going up the dune with the board and in snowboarding boots is very very demanding. :)
The people who taught us to sandboard were great, friendly, helpful. Of course, you can't learn it in one day, but I tried. I was really good compared to other beginners, if you want to know. :) But I didn't manage to turn to the left, I always fell down... Which wasn't that bad because it doesn't hurt in the sand. So this was stand-up sandboarding, for the hardcore people :)))
But because we paid more, we could also try the lie-down sandboarding which was lots of fun too. You simply lie down on a piece of plywood (if it's the right English name) and go down the dune with your head first. Lots of fun! The speed is up to 75 km/h. And it hurts. And we - because we were the hardcore one - didn't get the elbow pads and stuff like that which the not-cool guys (i.e. those who did only lie-down :)) had. But we did enjoy it anyway :)
Around noon, I think, we finished and got some food. And bought T-shirts but they are really nice. :) And went back to the backpackers to take a quick shower and get ready for another sand activity - QUAD BIKING.
They say it's "the most fun in Namibia with your clothes on". I don't know if I liked this or sandboarding better because it was so different. But it was so much fun too (though I wouldn't like to get lost in the dunes...) However, the fun was very much based on the group you were in. And ours was good. Until this stupid girl didn't force herself to be the first one (after the guide). I was the first one almost all the time, second was Emma, a girl from our tour, and we really had fun cause we were fast. But this girl sucked and was slow and annoying... The advice is - don't try to be first when you suck. :)))
Oh, and the good thing about both activities was that in both cases, we were the biggest group of the day which meant that we got videos from both for free! Yeaaah!!! :)
PS: Some photos coming soon...
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