Friday, December 22, 2006

Lake Oanob

The first weekend in Namibia, we ventured outside of Namibia's capitol of Windhoek and after a tour of The Bridge Project in Mariental, we landed at Lake Oanob resort in Rehoboth, which was an amazement that none of us were expecting! This truly was a treat! Our accommodations were fit for royalty, which seemed a bit if a contradiction to learning about human rights and development in Namibia, but was nonetheless enjoyable. We stayed in cottages which looked like African huts (more like African mansions), and we all admitted that the boys got the luck of the draw this time. Our cottages were all located right on the lake, and we were blessed even more by witnessing an amazing sunset with a vast array of colors, followed by a traditional African evening thunderstorm/rainstorm. Oh, and lets not forget all cramming into Bob's van to get a ride back to our cottages after dinner... with quite the photographer I might add. What a night!

Three of us also braved to wade out to a little island that was in the lake. It was fun, even if we got stung by a few bees. And Bonnie dropped her sunglasses during the process, so we went back out in the early morning again to get them! The cottages were also all named after characters in the Lion King, which we all got a kick out of. I stayed in Simba! I'm speechless just thinking about how great that night was!! Our group all stayed in the boys' place during the rainstorm. We turned off the lights, laid in the hut, and just listened to the beauty of creation. What a sanctuary! I could never do this place justice! Please, let the pictures speak for themselves.....
AND
THEY
WILL!



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