Lonely Planet

POSTCARDSWhy not get involved? We’d love to include your best new travel photos. Send us your highest resolutionJPEG images (not exceeding 15MB) along with a pic of yourself to [email protected]October 2017 Lonely Planet Traveller 9``````Now almost whollyencircled by sand dunes,Deadvlei was an oasis untilits water supply was lostseveral centuries ago``````Jirawat Plekhongthu from Bangkokspent eight days exploring Namibia``````My friends and I travelledto Namib-NaukluftNational Park on our firstroad trip in Namibia,a place whose friendlypeople and pure nature leftus stunned. I took this shotat the clay pan of Deadvleiin the late morning as thesun’s warm light painteda huge sand dune, andI waited for a tourist toappear in the frame.In my imagination theywere a human amid thedevils of the camelthorntrees, which died about800 years ago but neverdecomposed because theenvironment is so dry –an amazing phenomenon.This image reminds meof the beauty of Namibia’slandscapes, and of a placeI will never forget.DEADVLEI, NAMIBIAMemoriesof trees