Christmas Poem from Namibia

It’s a white christmas in Namibia this year

Santa’s sled is driven by flamingos not reindeer

Instead of snow we have sand dunes nearly 1000 feet  

Like incredible airbrush paintings so soft and so sweet

It’s a white christmas in Namibia this year

It’s so cold the equator doesnt feel at all near. 

The benguela current makes humpbacks gather and leap

And thousands of sea lions go beep beep beep.

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Its a white christmas in Namibia this year

Nesi again hit a sandbar, need to play it by ear!

The diesel tank leak got a bad seap

We must repair it so the fuel we can keep. 

It’s a white Christmas in Namibia this year

We arrive in Walvis Bay our final place for beer

Before heading in January across the Atlantic

Bound for Brazil’s Carnaval for the dancing romantics.

It’s a white christmas in Namibia this year 

We travelled from Seychelles all the way here. 

Down Madagascar and South Africa we got gales galore

We’re excited for what’s next in store!!

Sending you and your loved ones love, health, stoke, and adventure for this coming year! 

Big Hugs, K+S

Flamingos at Sandwich Harbor
Sea lion colony, Pelican Point, Walvis Bay. Nesi is in the background 🙂
Near Spencer Bay & Mercury Island, enroute from Luderitz to Walvis Bay

Some Background…

Wondering how we got to Namibia?? Apologies about the epic delay, our last blog posts were from the Seychelles! Well, it’s been an intense year, sailing 4 months in Madagascar, 3 months in South Africa, and now we’re working our way north, preparing to cross the Atlantic in mid January.

You can catch up on news from the trip in our community site, and watch our new video series to follow the journey. Don’t miss the premiere on December 29, 6pm PT (with a chance to win a trip on the boat) Click here to get on the watch party waitlist.

How the Granite Rocks of Seychelles were formed

“These rocks are fake. It’s just a Hollywood set for a movie,” Ian said, after we anchored next to the St. Pierre islet. “They are actually styrofoam cutouts with spray paint.” We laughed. They simply don’t look real.

We were now in the area around Praslin & La Digue islands, the most famous cruising ground in the Seychelles. We were halfway through our 12 day shakedown cruise testing Nesi‘s systems.

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