Morning at Ganab in the Namib Desert found me eyeing the fuel gauge of  “The Beast” apprehensively.  It just touched the quarter line.  We had found ourselves further south than initially planned and were now contemplating a push through the southern part of the desert and then on back to Swakopmund.  Only question was did we have enough fuel.

A quick scan of the hand drawn map, some calculations and our minds were made up.  We would go the long way back and take our chances.  So we packed up camp, waved good-bye to the crows and hit the road.  There was a spot in the desert still to be explored by us!

After a very slow drive (conserving fuel and stopping for images along the way), we finally reached our destination - A small inselberg on he Namib plains.  The lush grasses of the eastern plains had by now taken on the appearance of a desert again, although still showing a hint of green.  Clouds still billowed and boiled on the horizon trailing their dark streaks of rain.

As soon as we parked the car and set up camp we knew that we had found our new “favourite spot”.  All mundane chores out of the way I immediately set about looking for subject matter and viewpoints for the afternoons’ photography.  An in true fashion as always I chose the most inaccessible spot in the area.