Daily Archives: July 20, 2011

Last night was very cold. We had to make a big fire to keep us warm. In the dark some other people showed up, so at least we were not camping there alone. Today we had to drive another 250 km on gravel and 150 km on tar. Luckily the gravel was not so bad … Continue reading »

Today we woke up at 5h30. Because we were sleeping at Sesriem Camp, we had the privilege to enter Sossusvlei at 6h to go and see the sunrise. We drove to Dune 45 and saw the sun coming up. We took nice pictures of this amazing view. After this we drove to the car park … Continue reading »

After completely packing the car again (we took everything out for the car wash), we left Swakopmund. Our next destination: Sossusvlei, about 430km of which 400km of gravel roads. What a drive, driving 80-90 km/h on gravel roads for 400km. Sossusvlei is a valley in the middle of the desert. It is only reachable by … Continue reading »