Quad Biking

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008. Ooowee… 10:30am… Joel, Megan, Scott & I met up at Desert Explorers to do quad biking on the dunes! I was so psyched, but also a little nervous since I’ve never been quad biking before. Still, more stoked than nervous. ;-p When we arrived, the show started rolling immediately. We all got fitted with helmets then picked out our quads. We had the choice of riding an automatic, semi-automatic, or manual one. I chose the automatic one of course… haha… no need to overthink my first time around. The instructor dude gave us a quick run down of the bike and then we were off.

One by one we followed the instructor. There was him, the four of us, and one lady named Jill from the U.S., who followed behind me. The whole excursion was pretty exciting for me because I’ve never experienced it before. We raced up the dunes, did loopdy-loops going down, and charged as fast as we could down the slopes. I especially enjoy riding over the rougher terrain, which cause me & my bike to go air borne at time. SO FUN! Everything was pretty swell in general, except for when we all had to stop and wait for Jill. Poor girl. I think she was scared. She kept lagging way behind and all of us had to constantly pause our fun for her. Haha… I could tell the others were starting to get frustrated because we never did get to the climax of our adventures. Every time we started to get into the thrill of things, we had to stop. So you can imagine the anticlimax in that. Whatevs… I still had a fantabulous time. Still, looks like the group of us are going to do quad biking again once Nigel gets here. Next time were going to make sure that the group going with us will be up for speed and adventure! ;-)

Later that evening, Joel, Megan, Garth & I met up again to check out this new Asian restaurant I town. It was called Cai Tai Thai. Naturally, I assumed it was Thai cuisine… mmmMMMmmm. When we got there, we were greeted by… AN ASIAN MAN (from Tibet, I later found out)! Whoop! That was a good sign. (Side note: Garth & I went to a Chinese restaurant last year that was run by African people. I asked if the cook was Chinese and he said ‘No, African, but taught by Chinese.’ Heehee… that was interesting.) Anyway, we perused the menu to find a decent mix of Chinese/Thai food. We ordered seafood soup, chicken spring rolls, chicken green curry with rice, Szechwan beef stir fry, and Singapore fried noodles. Joel in passing by the kitchen to go to the washroom, confirmed that the food was indeed cooked by that same Asian man who greeted us, so I was pleased to hear that. The food arrived and we all gave our individual ratings. Haha… Garth was the most cautious about all the dishes… sheesh… Africans! His favorite was the beef stir fry of course (you gotta understand Africans and their love for meat, you see). All the dishes were pretty sketchy for me actually. I mean they were all right, but they totally didn’t meet my Chinese taste-bud standards. Still, I suppose they were satisfactory. Definitely good for a quick fix if you have a craving. We’re thinking that we’ll give it another try some other time and check out some different dishes on the menu. Yay for Asian cultural experience in Namibia!
After our meal, we all met up with Scott. We went for a nice walk around Vineta (this ritzy neighborhood in town where Scott always runs through). The late evening stroll was very enjoyable thanks to the very mild and nice weather we had throughout the day. We stopped for some beverages at this cute little restaurant which stayed opened later just for us. Then we made the walk back to Scooter’s house. And Garth & I headed back to Walvis Bay. It was fun filled day among friends indeed. =)