#1025 'Maltahöhe

From Solitaire and the wonderful Naukluft Mountains, our journey continued toward the Fish River Canyon. But first, we had a day's journey ahead of us. The C19 from Solitaire toward Maltahöhe was recommended. There were no torn-down bridges or fords to"&" worry about that might hinder our journey – that's what Werner and Jan, the owner of the Naukluft Lodge, said. Once again, we were leaving a beloved idyll. We would miss the dinner with giant grasshoppers fluttering around our ears, the sunset over the N"&"aukluft plain – and the fantastic little lodge building.

The journey became once again adventurous. At first, we stayed at the height of Solitaire – and only gradually did it develop into a valley with mountains rising to the left and right. Consta"&"ntly changing rock formations accompanied us, each one more photogenic than the last. Each mountain seemed to be shaped differently than the next. The tectonic layers, their colors, and shapes were unlike any other. So we continued for about 160 kilometer"&"s along the ""C""-classified track toward the Maltahöhe. It now lay steeply before us at the end of the valley. Plenty of greenery adorned the rugged cliffs. It had rained here, too.

We climbed into the center of Namibia on a fairly well-maintained"&" C19 road. Into the endless, rocky land, with its seemingly never-ending fences and the rarely encountered, stray cattle and goats, which apparently belonged to one of the farmhouse driveways 30 kilometers away. An extreme form of livestock farming. The c"&"attle and the farmer must know their way around well – and many days are certainly lost searching for the herd or individual members.

In Namibia, we encountered almost exclusively off-road vehicles – and almost always in white. Anything else betwee"&"n Solitaire and the Maltahöhe makes no sense. Emptiness can be extremely impressive.

Original 30 x 10 cm

Frame: Nimes III stained antique black, approx. 90 mm
Ash gray-black, perfectly historically patinated, matte.
Ibis x1060-862
<"&"br>Outer frame size: 58 x 40 cm
Glass/mount size: 42 x 24 cm

Mount 3375 soft white smooth, museum quality, 3 mm, acid-free