A cold night and pre-dawn wake up followed as we jumped into the truck ready for a big drive south. Despite the early hour rather bizarrely there was a traffic jam leaving the campsite. This slight annoyance became a source of joy as we were able to savour an amazing sunrise across the Namib desert from our seats in the truck. After stopping outside the campsite for some fuel and a shop stop, we drove on through the seemingly endless desert. To speed up the da...

Not long down the road we stopped at Moose's Bakery at a place called Solitare, called so basically because there is nothing there! Moose was well known for his apple pie so as well as a slice of that we got some other goodies too - they were delicious! After another short drive (short being anything under 6 hours now!) we stopped at our camp for a quick toilet break and necessary paperwork before continuing on to Dune 45, one of the only high accessible dunes i...

After the adrenaline and activity of Swakopmund we were due a relaxing stop and our next destination was just that. We had a short shop stop on the edge of Swakopmund before we were on our way shortly after 8. The drive took us through the mainly featureless expanse of the Namib desert, a hot, dry and hostile environment. The name Namib means "vast place" which seemed very apt to me. This coupled together with the fact very few people inhabit the area gave...

We stopped at some small stalls where the Himba tribes people were selling souvenirs. They were traditionally dressed and came running when they saw our truck! It wasn't a very nice experience to be honest as they were all very rude to us. It didn't take us too long to get to our destination of Swakopumd where we went straight to the activity centre to see what (if anything) we wanted to book. we watched a video of the activities and after learning the great pri...

Our next destination was Twyfelfontein, part of Damaraland. Twyfelfontein translates from Afrikaans as doubtful spring due to early settlers being uncertain whether the natural spring nearby produced enough water to sustain farming. The last hour of the journey was on unsealed Namibian roads resulting in a very bumpy ride especially for those of us sat near the back. Arriving at a sparse and basic campsite in the heat of the day we pitched our tents taking adv...