...AND THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES...THE DUNES

SOUSSESVLEI o forse SASSUSFLEI..THE SCREEN SAVER PLACE

As also the Lonely Planet Guide states, Sousses Vlei is the place where Bill Gates has thought to provide a spectacular screen saver image....in fact this is the picture that billions of tourist takes at 6.00 in the morning from the dune.

If someone wants a different view of the same screen saver, we can give one of the 6.00 in the evening.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DUNES

please choose your preferred screen saver

Before reaching Sesriem, we commit another NO ALPITOUR AHI AHI AHI.

THE USUAL MAD PICTURES

Travelling south to Walvis Bay, than turning west toward Sesriem we unknowingly enter an area where permit is required.

But we realize this only when we stop in a nice place for the night and Bastian (a solo Dutch traveller) inform us about the permit to be obtained from Swakopmund head Quarter of the Naukluft Park.

but the whole trick it merits

Greetings and thanks to Bastian, that gave us good advices in proceeding toward Sesriem without feeling so much guilty.

PASSING THE TROPIC

LA DUNA 45

Sesriem Campsite: No booking?

Overflow C...than renamed as Overflow WC, being so close to the sewage of the camp toilet.

But this does not stop us to stay another night, of course moving to a better spot inside the camp, which is provided to us inspiring great dismay on the NWR officers.

So staying around, and being again under the hot and fierce sun, we decide to:

1. visit the most famous dune in the evening...good, less people around.
   
   
   
   
   2. Visit the closest dune to the camp in the morning (risking an overheating of our empty heads)
   
   
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3. climbing the dune 45, a bit smaller than the most famous one...but you try to climb a dune than come back to us.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   

   
   
4. Walk along the canyon entering in it from a very difficult passage and dragging in this adventure  an old lady, whom later was given by dispersed.She got strained inside the canyon being unable to climb back.

THE REAL HERPETHOLOGIST 

And in all this, we collected the third snake skin...still an Adder, an other Puff Adder, absolutely perfect......likely fallen by the sky, as Ugo assessed....(more details are available on request)

Later on, along the way back to Swakopmund the FIRTH snake skin!!!

A beautiful, though very flat, Dwarf Adder!!!

All of them processed at the Swakopmund high class campsite.

This one was "unfortunately" still alive when we met each other. It remained there...absolutely alive, despite the herds of tourists passing by!!!

ciao for now, to the next summary!