{"id":1074,"date":"2013-05-08T18:08:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T18:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2014-03-05T19:32:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T19:32:36","slug":"day-13-14-%e2%80%93-swakopmund-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/2013\/05\/day-13-14-%e2%80%93-swakopmund-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Days 13 &#038; 14  Swakopmund Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1076\" title=\"photo 9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Day one in this, Namibia\u2019s adventure capital, was full of activities.  Sandboarding on the dunes in the morning was fantastic\u2013 although the consensus was that going down was a lot more fun than going back up the dunes.  If only they would install a chair-lift\u2026. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1077\" title=\"photo 9a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9a-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9a-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9a.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The adrenalin continued flowing as the afternoon was spent zooming around the dunes on quad bikes.  As the sun set we headed back to the headquarters to watch a DVD of all of us stacking it on the sand dunes that morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1079\" title=\"photo 9b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9b-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9b-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-9b.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>After a quick shower to wash off some of the sand that seemed to have collected in every crevice on our bodies, we headed out for a hilarious night on the town. Needless to say the Absolute Africa group showed Swakopmund how to party. The next day might have been considered a bit of a write-off but . . . .  Swakopmund is a great place to nurse a hangover with its many places to eat and laze about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day one in this, Namibia\u2019s adventure capital, was full of activities. Sandboarding on the dunes in the morning was fantastic\u2013 although the consensus was that going down was a lot more fun than going back up the dunes. 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