Scooted along the very bumpy road to dune 45 at 5.40 to climb it before sunrise. Tim had advised us all to make sure we had enough sunscreen, hat, etc. Well it was FREEZING-you could see your breath but no dune due to significant quantities of fog! We climbed up the ridge (not an easy task- the trick is to walk in someone else's footprints), the sun rose for 30 seconds before being sucked beneath the clouds at which point we promptly ran down the dune to the truck to attempt to warm up with tea and eggs, whilst Tim claimed it had never been that cold before. The fog gradually cleared to reveal a fantastic orange landscape. We then had a fabulous tour with Frans from Soussess-on-foot through incredible landscape (including beautiful white Dead Vlei
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