After a two day drive through Botswana (sleepover in Maún) and one night to stock up and recover in Windhoek, our first real sight to be seen was Sossusvlei, a picture of which actually covers the Lonely planet guidebook. 
Yep, we took exactly the same picture on the same spot (though the lighting wasn’t a 100% the same).
It’s one of those place with the image of the Namibian desert which we all have, sand dunes and… well, more sand dunes… and more sand dunes.
Here, amidst sandy dunes (some up to 300m high) and beautiful sunsets, lies a small vlei, which when it rains (i.e. very rarely) becomes a salt lake. Now, the soil is all dried out and the trees are like rocks. It’s a bit spooky at times, but very impressive. We camped at the entrance, and had to rush, because of the rules that you can only enter and leave the park between sunrise and sunset, while of course these are the most impressive moments, light wise. 
No comments:
Post a Comment