Namibians call their home the Land God Made in Anger and the Place of Great Drought, and while neither term makes it sound like a particularly alluring holiday destination, both are rather apt descriptions.
In comparison to the relative lushness of its neighbours, Namibia is almost eerie in its starkness. Everything is built to giant scale, but with no giants to enjoy it. There are dry riverbeds, scrublands that stretch to the horizon and sand dunes surrounded by a halo of orange dust.
