Soussusvlei

Amazing climbing up high red desert dunes
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
Lots and lots of dirt roads and dust
Desert yellow
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
Pano at a lookout along the highway
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
Little plant with purple flowers
The only color besides yellow or green all day long
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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Tropic of Capricorn
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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The drive from Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
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Finally at the Gondwana Desert Lodge
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This was formerly a goat farm owned by the founder of Gondwana Lodges
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It sits alongside some beautiful red bluffs
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The view from our room
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And another beautiful sunset
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Continues
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And continues
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Our little truck for the three of us on a drive out to the dunes
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First sighting of lots of dunes pix
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Pano shot at morning coffee stop
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Some balloons taking off over the dunes
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Desert scenery
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Balloons landing
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Dune shot one of thousands
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Rob and our driver
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First sighting of Big Daddy
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We start bottom right and top left is still not the final destination
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Some fruits for the wildlife
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Dune Shot
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See how soft the sand is
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What look like salt pans are actually dried clay
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Dune Shot
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Look how tall I am when looking straight down the dune
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Prints from a lizard I think
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Dune Shot
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Trudging up the path
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Wishing top right was final but knowing better
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Looking behind us how far we came up and not cose to the top
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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A teacher from the UK with his travel companion
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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My trusty partner in all killer climbs
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That is the trip down and folks at the bottom
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Dune Shot
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There is the final push to the top
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Dune panorama
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Dune Shot
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Looking a little bit worn out at the top
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But here we are
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Looking up from the bottom
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Dealdvlie ahead
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Petrified trees over 900 years old
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A canyon on the way back to the hotel
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Had zero interesting in climbing down and back out
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Now the drive back to Windhoek
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Drive back to Windhoek
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More road construction
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Drive back to Windhoek
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Not even sure where our lane is at this point
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Drive back to Windhoek
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Drive back to Windhoek