Sossusvlei, NamibiaFriday, July 9, 2010
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Trip Across Africa DAY #12
One time, in Namibia we wanted to go to Namibia’s dunes. We were going from Windhoek. It was very early. Daddy woke me up. We were leaving. As we were going there was a lot of mountains. Lots of caves there, too. It took hours and hours. We finally saw some sand dunes, and drove around. We arrived there. We got out of the car. We each slowly climbed higher and higher. Dad slid down. We watched and laughed. It was great. It was so much fun.
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Justine Young
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We had traveled around four and a half hours to get to the sand dunes of the Namib desert. Then we saw the large hills of sand.
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When we came out of the car, I watched the sand blow off the “Dune 45,” the [closest] dune you can climb. It was hot on flat ground, but when I slowly climbed up the red sand dune, I felt colder and colder. Soon, wind was whipping my feet and when I put my hand low to where it almost touched the ground, I felt dirt blowing around. Then we climbed down the thick sand, jumped in the car and hit the trail.
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Jordan Young
We had traveled around four and a half hours to get to the sand dunes of the Namib desert. Then we saw the large hills of sand.
.
When we came out of the car, I watched the sand blow off the “Dune 45,” the [closest] dune you can climb. It was hot on flat ground, but when I slowly climbed up the red sand dune, I felt colder and colder. Soon, wind was whipping my feet and when I put my hand low to where it almost touched the ground, I felt dirt blowing around. Then we climbed down the thick sand, jumped in the car and hit the trail.
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Jordan Young
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[Today] we started off early in the morning to the Namib desert of Namibia. As we left Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, we had one of the most scenic drives anyone could ever have.
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We drove on a great road through the rolling hills; with golden grass dotted with sparse, green shrubbery. On our beautiful drive, a not-so-beautiful thing started happening to our engine. The day before we took our truck to a mechanic to get checked. The engine was cutting out while we were driving and we were pretty sure we got bad fuel when we were in Etosha National Park in Northern Namibia.
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We went in faith all the way to the sand dunes as we felt it was cutting out again. All of the sudden we went over a hill and in the distance there were the great, red sand dunes of the Namib desert!
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We got to the park entrance, paid the entry fee, and went on our way. We read in our Lonely Planet Africa book that there was a dune called, “Dune 45” that was accessible to hike on. We took the opportunity and hiked part of the way up, but it was too difficult for us to climb all the way to the top as it was windy. It took us ‘till about 11:00pm to get back to Windhoek because our car was hesitating [and we got a flat tire].
[Today] we started off early in the morning to the Namib desert of Namibia. As we left Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, we had one of the most scenic drives anyone could ever have.
.
We drove on a great road through the rolling hills; with golden grass dotted with sparse, green shrubbery. On our beautiful drive, a not-so-beautiful thing started happening to our engine. The day before we took our truck to a mechanic to get checked. The engine was cutting out while we were driving and we were pretty sure we got bad fuel when we were in Etosha National Park in Northern Namibia.
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We went in faith all the way to the sand dunes as we felt it was cutting out again. All of the sudden we went over a hill and in the distance there were the great, red sand dunes of the Namib desert!
.
We got to the park entrance, paid the entry fee, and went on our way. We read in our Lonely Planet Africa book that there was a dune called, “Dune 45” that was accessible to hike on. We took the opportunity and hiked part of the way up, but it was too difficult for us to climb all the way to the top as it was windy. It took us ‘till about 11:00pm to get back to Windhoek because our car was hesitating [and we got a flat tire].
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Jonas Young
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