blog gallery guestbook travel links about time viewing: most recent [archive] « » dune 45, sossusvlei, sesriem canyon 2007-09-05 [related blog entry]  [en] [de]  06:39 - we're the first one on dune 45. the spots of light are other tourbusses coming here. panorama: hiking up dune 45 luckily, the little ducky brought its snorkel ;-) ducky in the desert sunrise at dune45 something i haven't done in a long time: i'm cold i'm hot sunrise at dune 45 miri on dune 45 i bet there aren't many photos like this one from dune 45 :-) i bet there aren't many photos like this one from dune 45 :-) barbara v. jumps down dune 45 everybody jumps down dune 45 my shoes: vibram fivefingers. feels like walking barefoot. more fun on the dune panorama: the view from dune 45, sossusvlei did i mention i brought a ducky? ;-) this is all ze frank's fault! a very non-tourist-photomotive - barbara hides behind a plant of grass a nara-bush (acanthosicyos horridus) in the sossusvlei panorama: the sossusvlei, through barbara's glasses i honestly didn't expect there to be so many animal tracks... a typical dune at sossusvlei ...and of course: botanists botanizing in the desert :-) sossusvlei dune sossusvlei dune remainders of wetter times - dry grasses markus on the dune dune landscape at sossusvlei namib dune ants (camponotus detritus) are cleaning up their lair panorama: the dunes at sossusvlei there were also patches with grey, harder sand a hike in the dunes panorama: the central sossusvlei salt pan barbara cleans up the professor couldn't even finish his remark before she had put it into action :-) sossusvlei group photo sossusvlei, a salt- and clay-pan a dead tree in the sossusvlei salt pan even here, there were animals - a beetle anchieta's dune lizard (aporosaurus anchieta) another beetle that was kind-of ...hyperactive! the dunes around sossusvlei withered grass on the salt- and clay crust, we found the african continent - and marked our location. almost forgot to take the obligatory "i'm in the desert and need water"-photo bird on a nara-shrub dead trees near sossusvlei the way back to the bus - we were walking on "the road" a friendly jeep-driver gave us a lift for the final part there's nothing like a cold coke after a desert walk back at the campsite - miriam, barbara & christian colourful trash cans - or: a matter of perspective colourful trash cans - or: a matter of perspective late lunch sparrow-like birds that made squeaky noises sparrow-like birds that made squeaky noises this is where i recharged my camera batteries :) christian, using the bus' intercom find the bird! sesriem canyon sesriem canyon - there were some pools of water left from the last rainfalls an amphibian in one of the pools, sesriem canyon and - even more surprising: catfish, up to 60 cm long! a little cairn - they're typically used to mark the way on alpine hiking routes tom and noah baked bread, using just fervency [go back]