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Monday, 17th December 2007

Rating

Even by the standards of Namibia’s Sossusvlei, these were unfeasibly large dunes, and they made an unfeasibly beautiful backdrop to our camp. As we chatted over dinner under a star-filled sky, a huge, almost full moon rose illuminating the desert until you could practically read a book by it. It was a truly memorable scene, and we all agreed we felt like we were camped in front of a gigantic movie set. Next morning after breakfast, as the crew packed up camp, we took a walk into the dunes. It was fascinating to observe the myriad forms and patterns in the sand. The dunes came in all manner of shapes and sizes, forever sculpted and re-sculpted by the squalls and eddies of the desert wind. It was even more interesting to examine all the various tracks made overnight by a succession of unseen birds, rodents and animals – so much life apparently happily existing in this, on the face of it lifeless, environment.

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Mike Fox

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