A desert and a babe!
So the dirt roads begin...
Disgusting Cricket
The roads from here on were all gravel roads. It was quite tricky driving, the rain had washed away parts of the road and made them bumpy. We passed incredibly beautiful scenery, mountains, grass plains and something like small canyons. On the roads at some places we saw disgusting big insects, crickets apparently, big as a fist with spider like legs.
We made a lunch stop in Solitaire. In the midddle of nowhere with a coffee shop, a bakery and petrol station. The fresh apple strudel was heaven. Fred and Stefan took lovely pictures.
The lodge was called "A Little Sossuss Lodge". It was a nice lodge owned by an Afrikaans family from Bloemfontein. The little cottage was sweet and had a Camel Thorne tree just outside. I collected some of its seeds.
The next day we set out to Sossusvlei desert and the Dead Forest. The wind was harsch and we were a little bit afraid it wouldn't be a good day for taking pictures. When we arrived to the first parking (for normal vehicles) the sand storm was a fact. We had our breakfast in the car, otherwise we would have had it seasoned with sand. We still wanted to proceed on the 4 by 4 tracks even though these cars are not well suited beeing a 4 wheel drive after all. They did well but we were scared, if we got stuck who would help us? The rangers at the lodge told us to keep to tracks at the left and always stay in the tracks - and never stop! That's what we did. I cramped on to the belt and held my breath. Fred and Stefan did a good job and we made it both ways. Stefan manage to take a picture of our car just before coming out of the 4 by 4 tracks. I hope he will publish it on their blog.
We walked approx a kilometre in the dunes to get to the Dead Forest. The wind wasn't bad there at all and it was so worth it to come. Elle and Ivar ran around not at all bothered by the sand whipping their faces. The wind was cold but when you got away from it the sun was merciless. It was hot, after all. We've never seen colours like this, the blue blue sky, the red sand and the naked old trees... marvellous! We also made a short stop at Dune 45, some members of the group climbed up but the Wincents stayed behind!
That same late afternoon we went on a sundowner drive. We went up a hill close to the lodge for drinks and a stunning sunset.
Table Mountain Namibia
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