We drove to Solitaire, a small settlement in the Khomas Region of central Namibia. It sits just south of the Tropic of Capricorn at the centre of a 45,000 -acre trust land that preserves the ecosystem and wildlife in the region. Our guide said that this town is popular among long-distance travelers because it features the only gas station that you can find between the sand dunes of the Sossusvlei and the coast of Walvis Bay. This gas station also serves as a general store, b