A dark early start to the day, as we had a pre dawn appointment with Dune 45 - the "star" of the Namib desert. Standing 170m and composed of 5million year old sand blown here from the Kalahari desert, no. 45 is just one of many that are form a range of red and orange far from the sea. Barefoot, we duly arrived at the summit well in time for the sunrise, only to find on our return that a miriad of biting /stinging ants had invaded our sandal area. Back to the truck for an excellent bacon and eggs breakfast, we found that a host of bees had invaded our washing area - as we are all still alive, these were presumably not the dreaded African killer bees.
Then it was on to Soussusviei, where the range of sand dunes have so totally blocked the river that once flowed into the Atlantic that the acacia trees that lived here hundreds of years ago have been desiccated to the point where they have stood desolate for centuries in a sea of stone (mudstone?). The dunes here certainly create some really great shapes. Then a walk down and along the Sesriem canyon - very dry and hot. The solar panel at the campsite was giving a temperature between 42 and 49 deg C - hot!
A mini plague of hornets seemed to have invaded the ablutions block at our new campsite, but fortunately no stings.
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