Maltahohe and Sussusvlei

Let me start with a word that describes these places... AMAZING! Maltahohe was just a great experience. It is a small town with a lot of history. We stayed at the most amazing accomidations better than any five star hotel. The place is Pappot. It is part store, restaurant, and motel. The owners are german and AMAZING cooks! i have never had better food in all my life! You can stay in this town if you are passing through to go see the dunes in Sussusvlei. While in Maltahohe we interviewd some really old Nama folks who gave us their Oral history some of Witbooi and some personal. Hendrick Witbooi started the battle between Namibians and the Germans to try and gain independence. They spoke in their native tounge and it was so neat because its the clicking language. ! = a deep click from teh roof of the mouth, ll = click on the side of your mouth, l = click from the teeth, and the other symbol isnt available but it looks like # with only one vertical line. that = click from the top gum.... To say good morning you would say !gai se ll gu

We went on Sunday to the Dunes... We climbed Dune 45 and Big Daddy which is the Largest Dune in the wolrd... it wasnt easy and each time i thought we were close to the top we still had miles to go. An amazing experience never the less. As we stood on top of the Big Daddy dune you could hear the dunes all around singing... With the strong winds blowing the sand shifts the sides of the dunes and that creates a tone... just incredible. On the way back to Maltahohe we got a flat. With all the guys lifting the van we were able to get the tire off and we were on our way to a very delicious dinner at our motel. It was sad to leave. the people were so friendly and seemed like we were all family. I cannot believe our month is coming to close. It went by way to fast and I will be leaving a lot of good friends. I hope to return next year. What ever photos I dont get to load this time, I will be able to load my whole trip experience when I get to the states. The internet connection here is like dial up and is almost impossible to do anything Via internet... So there will be one more post after this, it will be the concluding post. Thank you all so much for following it.

Well pictures are still not wanting to load. SO when i get home I will load all the pictures for you. and you wil have an oipportunity to see all the wonderful things we did here in beautiful Namibia.