No, this isn't a spoiler about a third movie with Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda suddenly descending on Windhoek in designer animal print safari suits ready for sundowners and game drives.. (and I don't mean in Etosha National Park).
However S.. in the city could stand for Sarah, swimming and spa instead! A few weeks ago on a sunny, Saturday morning I joined two glamorous ladies, Elham and Anamaria, for a girls morning out at the newly completed and opened Hilton Hotel where we tried out the pool and spa facilities on the roof sun-deck for a very reasonable day pass price (100 N$ which is about £8). Going up to the top floor in a glass lift was a bit of a shocker but, thankfully, on the roof the wall surrounding the sundeck was high enough to prevent me from succumbing to vertigo and plunging over the edge into the carpark below. We arrived quite early and had the pool and comfy sun loungers to ourselves for a while. The temperature soon soared and it was time for a dip in the cold water.
The pool is long, narrow, attractive and has two waterfalls running into it from a mosaic wall but realistically no more than two people at a time can swim in lanes before it gets a bit crowded! A few minutes warming back up in the steam room finished the morning off perfectly.
In the evening I went to a leaving party for a colleague from UNICEF, Madhavi and her husband Robert who were going to move to Kenya after 5 years in Namibia. It was a lovely evening. Plenty of guests turned up to give the well-respected couple a good send off and it was a wonderful opportunity for me to meet some new people and make a few more friends. A couple called Sue and Hector invited me to join a group for a hike the following afternoon...
However S.. in the city could stand for Sarah, swimming and spa instead! A few weeks ago on a sunny, Saturday morning I joined two glamorous ladies, Elham and Anamaria, for a girls morning out at the newly completed and opened Hilton Hotel where we tried out the pool and spa facilities on the roof sun-deck for a very reasonable day pass price (100 N$ which is about £8). Going up to the top floor in a glass lift was a bit of a shocker but, thankfully, on the roof the wall surrounding the sundeck was high enough to prevent me from succumbing to vertigo and plunging over the edge into the carpark below. We arrived quite early and had the pool and comfy sun loungers to ourselves for a while. The temperature soon soared and it was time for a dip in the cold water.
The pool is long, narrow, attractive and has two waterfalls running into it from a mosaic wall but realistically no more than two people at a time can swim in lanes before it gets a bit crowded! A few minutes warming back up in the steam room finished the morning off perfectly.
In the evening I went to a leaving party for a colleague from UNICEF, Madhavi and her husband Robert who were going to move to Kenya after 5 years in Namibia. It was a lovely evening. Plenty of guests turned up to give the well-respected couple a good send off and it was a wonderful opportunity for me to meet some new people and make a few more friends. A couple called Sue and Hector invited me to join a group for a hike the following afternoon...
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