last post from Africa :)

Hi all. So I'm in the airport waiting for my 24 hrs of flying back to the States. Since the last post I headed to Soussesvlei to see the beautiful red dunes that Namibia is famous for. They were truly stunning, especially at sunset and sunrise when the shadows were right. We had the muscle burning pleasure of climbing the closest dune, Dune 45, the afternoon we arrived. I have wonderful pictures of the sky and the patterns in the sand from the wind and insects. Good stuff all in all but it was a very cold night and a very long drive to get there. Worth it though since I Namibia isn't a near future travel destination. There just is noooothing to do here besides be impressed by the stark landscape. Well no, if you want to spend a chunk of change and jump out of planes or ride quad bikes, you'd be fine. But it wasn't really interesting to me so once back in Swakopmund I spent most of my time reading, wandering town and haggling for more presents. I took a long boring shuttle to Windhoek yesterday and did more of the same - wandering, reading and haggling. But to my surprise I found out the Windhoek is quite the crime spot so I kept the wandering short and close by and spent the remainder reading and watching Bad Boys II in the lounge of the backpackers.

So that's about it I guess. the past 3.5 months have been amazing and feel like a different lifetime. But I'm glad to be heading home, with a better sense of what different areas of Africa are like, the issues that these countries, people and environments face and how much I love the states. Thanks all for reading and I promise to send links to photos once I'm back. Look forward to seeing you all soon :)