Land of Nothingness

A coun­try named after a desert. One of the least dense­ly pop­u­lat­ed places on earth. Defined by its rich vari­ety of col­ors — yet in a for­ev­er chang­ing, yet com­plete­ly bar­ren land­scape. Namibia’s land­scape draws you in, through a vast brown plain of scorched earth, and steers you over the white sur­face of a salt pan to final­ly arrive in the gold tones of the sand dunes. Patience is required to dis­cov­er the wide range of Namibia’s sub­tle scenery.

It lit­er­al­ly takes you hours, dri­ving though noth­ing, to at long last arrive at…more of noth­ing. The sight of oth­er peo­ple is rare and only the strate­gi­cal­ly locat­ed gas sta­tions are a reminder of the world beyond. This coun­try is in anoth­er time zone — time seems to move slow­er but it feels more log­i­cal, some­how. Captivated by these washed out yet del­i­cate­ly col­ored land­scapes, you can dri­ve for hours. Chaperoned by herds of giraffes or zebras, shad­owed by flocks of flamin­gos, sud­den­ly stum­bling upon a fam­i­ly of ele­phants. The ani­mals look up curi­ous­ly, but soon for­get about you and slow­ly con­tin­ue their jour­ney, unhur­ried by your pres­ence, at their own pace.

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