Dinner in the Dunes

It was all very hush-hush.  We were told only to dress warmly and be ready to board a coach at 6pm.  

Turns out that about 700 of us answered the call and were scooped up by awaiting buses.  Off we went for parts unknown, traveling across the desert, often off-road.  After 45 minutes we arrived amid the tallest of Namibia’s dunes, where an enterprising cadre of cooks, entertainers, and servers greeted us for an unforgettable Dinner Under the Desert Sky.

As the evening wound down, we were led back to our buses along a path of luminaria under a starry sky.  Back at the ship, the awaiting staff greeted us in two lines at the foot of the gangway.  Onboard, the culinary team had prepared an extravaganza of all things chocolate, ending our evening on the sweetest of notes.