An early coffee and breakfast and then off to Sossusvlei in order to catch
the early light on the dunes. The tallest of these are estimated at 325m. They
are simply phenomenal!
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The dunes begin, lit up by the rising sun. |
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.......dunes.......
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.......dunes.......
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.......tree.......
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.......tree & dune.......
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.......tree & dune.......
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.......trees & dunes.......
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Intrepid traveller Jeannette more keen on catching up on lost sleep than .... dunes .... |
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The road became more sandy.... |
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....the further we ventured in. |
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Lizards looked for protection amongst the desert melons. |
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Desert melons - a life giving food for the desert antelope. |
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The "big one" - the tallest dune at Sossusvlei - we declined to climb it! |
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However, we tried a smaller cousin.... |
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....which meant we still had a long climb.... |
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....and reached Dead Vlei - a white salt pan with dead trees in the middle of a sea of sand. |
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Another traveller in the vlei - surreal! |
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Strolling along...... |
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How old were these dead trunks? |
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Melons still survived, however. |
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A striking colour change in the sand on one of the far dunes. |
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