Namibia
Karyn Planett
In the Damara language, “Namib” means “large open, barren spaces” and they’re not kidding. It’s home to possibly the world’s highest sand dune, beetles that stand on their head to collect dew for their survival, weaver birds that build collective nests that are the size of Volkswagen Beetles, sunsets like no other place on earth, rock circles visible only from the sky that no two people explain the same, the Skeleton Coast that’s lined with wrecked ships, and wild horses that wander the vast desert in search of water. And the Himbas still practice their traditional ways including wearing their traditional garb, which wouldn’t fly in Poughkeepsie.