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my cheek, the wind through my hair and Sossusvlei was stunning. This area is a
the salt on my lips - a feeling of complete clay pan set amid monstrous piles of sand
freedom. That day was tiring but truly known as star dunes that reach a height of
exhilarating. a 60-storey skyscraper and rank among the
Leaving Swakopmund we continued tallest dunes on earth.
our journey driving Southeast. Travelling
through the ever-changing desert landscape
and canyons we come to a quaint little place
called Solitaire. In Solitaire, we find old
broken down cars scattered everywhere and
get busy photographing ourselves in them.

We have a picnic lunch under the shade
of a tree and we are off to Namib Naukluft
National Park - The Namib desert and
Sossusvlei (pronounced as Sossus-fly) – a
desert which dates back some 15 million
years. The Namib is a desert on top of a
desert, with petrified dunes buried beneath
the active sands. It is widely held to be the
oldest desert on earth. Sand being blown by the strong winds of the desert.

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