EXPLORE THE DUNES OF THE NAMIB DESERT
in a world full of contrasts I had never seen before, I felt exhilarated and as minuscule as one of those millions of grains of sand.
Flying low, I could almost have touched the dunes, so it seemed. Just a Fata Morgana. Fata Morganas are mirages seen right above the horizon. Many a desert traveller has been deceived into seeing an oasis or waterhole, only to find out it was nothing but sand. We had actually seen such a Fata Morgana a few days before, while driving through a flat area: in the distance, both of us and our guide were sure we saw the undulating sea moving at the horizon. That image lasted for quite a while as we kept on driving. But, there was no sea for miles around.
Halfway through our 2500-mile trip in Namibia, my husband and I arrived in the modern city of Swakopmund shortly after noon and headed straight to the Swakopmund airport. I had wondered why our adventure was scheduled
