Sept 21- Adventure Day!

So today was my adventure day. At 8:30 am Devyn Ali T Brandon Patrick and Sara and I got picked up to go ride ATVs through the desert. They are basically big dirt motorcycles that are heavy duty. For three hours we went into the desert riding over dunes and riding the sides of them like jumps. At some points we got the bikes to go 50mph. It was like surfing the dunes and going over jumps and the hills you are completely surrounded by mountains and mountains of sand. We raced each other but most of the time we had to play follow the leader. We took a break half way and did some sand boarding. Basically sledding on a slab of waxed out cardboard. You lie down on your stomach hold the front part of the board up and go@ it is so fast (up to 80 km/hr). I ate shit the first time and got completely covered in sand and got it in places I didn’t know I had. Lol It was so worth it though. For the second half of the ATV tour we headed to the coast and road along the water and up and down even bigger dunes. The coast water is so clear. It is always windy in Walvis Bay/Swako. It has been perfect for sailing and I was getting urged to be out on the water. Got back to Swako, had lunch, and had to meet up with some kids from another group to go to our next activity…..SKYDIVING! NOT KIDDING! Don’t ask me how I decided to go it but we went. At first we didn’t know if we all could go because there was a mix up in the reservation. All of us just signed the forms and squished in the van. The van ride was hilarious because it looked like the driver was taking us to the middle of NOWHERE and kill us. After a 15 min drive we got to s small airstrip and a hut with all these people waiting to go. Saw some more SAS people who said they had been there since 11 am (it was now 330pm). So we knew we would have to wait a while. It was so cool to watch the people before us go. They literally jumped out of the plane above where we were and then parachuted and landed right back where they started. It was finally our turn after waiting about 2 ½- 3 hours. They suited me up and strapped my gear on. My instructors name was Dias and he was going to be filming our jump via Handicam. He went through the basics of jumping out of the plane and then Ali T and I loaded up in the plane. It was so small and there was duct tape EVERYWHERE. I was like what am I getting myself into. I was just hoping the plane could get up off the ground. There were 5 of us in the plane plus the pilot. Oh and there was NO door either. OMG!!! I was fine going up but was definitely freaking out like “ I am jumping out of a ghetto plane in the middle of Africa”. The view was incredible with the sun setting. Ali was up first because she ordered an actual cameraman so he has to jump out first. She was out and before I knew it I was shuffling to the door, aka towards my last moments of life! I got my foot out the door like I was supposed to and before I had time to freak out Dias just went! Falling from 10,000 ft in indescribable. I was screaming for a good amount of it. I was free falling for a good 35-40 secs and it felt like 10! I had the Handicam in my face and was screaming and blowing kisses. There was so much air pressure against my face with us falling so fast I couldn’t help but smile. He popped the chute and we jerked up. Then we just stopped and floated. It was so peaceful. Dias then let me control the chute. He let me turn and do flips, which was so cool. Driving it definitely made it all real. We were above the clouds and you could see everything. We fell through the clouds and were lost in marshmallows. Being the last group we got to land back at the main head quarters. I didn’t want it to end. AHHH I JUST JUMPED OUT OF A PLANE!! HAHAHA All the instructors were wicked cool and are basically the equivalent to ski bums. There was a bar in the place and a billboard of picture. They are all crazy guys. Our group had a round of shots and a couple beers with the instructors in celebration of us all making it in one piece. Got back to the ship at 8:30 pm and I was so exhausted from the long day. Chilled with Sara R Jocie and Ali for a bit and then got some sleep.