Sossusvlei 7/10

Elime dunes
Sesrim Canyon

Thursday, 9th April: The Hard Road to Sossusvlei
We tackled the 19 km Waterkloof Trail, a grueling 6-hour trek. The day then turned expensive: flooding in Sossusvlei blocked the "Big Daddy" dunes, and a hidden "wash" shredded our front tire. Between repairs and fuel, the day cost over 7,000 N$. I spent the afternoon wading barefoot through floodwaters to check the depth for the car.
We also picked up Kellen, a backpacker from Inner Mongolia. He scored a massive win—a comfortable, free ride for nearly 1,000 km! To put that in perspective, that is the straight-line distance from Shanghai to Beijing, or the entire North-South expanse of Inner Mongolia. Crazy, isn't it?Read more