Namibia, or have no idea where it is. Namibia is in southern Africa, along the southwest coast, just northwest of South Africa. Of course, when I
explain that part, their next reaction is often "Africa!? isn't that dangerous?". The answer is no, its not, certainly not any more so than
travelling in any other remote part of the world (like Death Valley).
That said, Namibia was absolutely amazing. The scenery is easily comparable to highlights of some of America's most spectacular
southwestern landscapes. It has massive sand dunes, buttes, broad valleys, and canyons. On top of that, they've got ghost towns from over
a century of diamond mining and nearly all the classic African animals that people often think of (lions, cheetahs, rhinos, elephants, etc), which adds
an extra layer of awesome. Then because Namibia is twice the size of California, yet only has about 2 million people, much of the country is
wide open, empty, undeveloped space, so the scenery is rarely spoiled by anything. The road system is excellent, with a mixture of paved & gravel
roads, which are well maintained & frequently graded. I rented a 4x4 Toyota Hilux (basically the rest of the world's version of the Tacoma), and
drove nearly 3000 miles. But enough rambling, I'll let the photos speak for themselves.

Quiver trees at Fish River Canyon

Bogenfels

Cape Cross pup

Little Vlei

bath time

Solitude

last tree

Sesriem Canyon

Sperrgebiet (restricted zone)

Vingerklip

Vingerklip view

Oryx foragers

Descent into the canyon

Red sand, red road

Fish River overlook

Jackal

Fish River Canyon, the 2nd largest on earth

entering the slot

Hunting for the kill

Kolmanskopp

On the prowl

Ranchland

Dunes at dawn

Garub station

The void

home of the welwitschia

Sperrgebiet view

not rush hour

shy

no limits

bowling in 1909

the Namib reclaims all

jump!

ohai

Deadvlei

elephant x-ing

empty

whatchu lookin at?

sand room

Fish river canyon

The king (Etosha National Park)

me and a lot of salt
For the curious, I've posted over 700 photos from the trip HERE,
and I've written up a detailed day by day trip report (with gpx log) HERE.