We continued south to Naute Dam, just outside of Keetmanshoop. Not everyone goes out of his way to see a dam, except maybe for some of the more famous dams in the world - the Three Gorges Dam in China, the Hoover Dam in the USA) and the Itaipu Dam along the borders of Brazil and Paraguay in South America. But this one, we heard is also quite significant. Built between 1970 and 1972, the Naute Dam is the third largest dam in Namibia and is predominantly used for irrigation,

To continue our magical experience, our guide took us to Giants’ Playground , an area of geological wonder, and one that mesmerized my geologist husband. This place is filled with a maze of massive stacked dolerite rock formations, as if left there in haste by a gang of kid giants who were suddenly summoned for snack time. The name conjures an image of a prehistoric playground littered with “rock Lego ” blocks or “rock Jenga ” pieces. These structures are said to have been

After a hearty breakfast, we set off to travel the rest of the Kalahari stretch. Along the way, we passed by a trailer full of sheep parked in the curb in the middle of nowhere. We wondered what the trailer was doing here, until we saw the driver relieving himself on the road side. Our guide thought he would do the same as we had a few more hours of driving and he had more than a little bit of coffee at our last stop. While he did his business, my husband and I got off and sa