Dead but Alive

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Back to my travels and a memorable visit to the day of our 35th Wedding Anniversary where my hubby and I spent climbing RED Sand Dunes in one of the most famous places on the African Continent: Sossousvlei - Namibia. Travelers from all over the world come to climb DUNE 45, which takes almost an hour, and then another hour to return to the bottom. Scorpions, snakes, desert spiders, crows all lie in wait for anyone to falter . . . Bucket List stuff if you ask me, however seeing it was a tick off for me, I did not need to climb it like my hubby did, to feel the heat, the hot sand, the painful legs, the sweat, the thirst to say I have been there. Daily the dunes are overcrowded with tourists, Safari tourists that have endured hours and hours of arid driving to set their eyes on this vision, some doing the walk, other snapping the shots! On our arrival and after walking for hours to reach the Dead Valley with all the silhouetted tree stumps, I look around and said to my hubby . . "What could God's plan be in all this desolateness and silence?" He had no answer but did take many photos so that I may show you all how oxymoron'ic 'DEAD but ALIVE' the nature's colour and simplicity of this place really is! Enjoy the video.