The Kalahari Desert in western Africa is as dry and desolate as the western parts of other continents in the world. We walked in the Great Karoo desert (Great Karoo) in the southern part of the desert. Looking around, you can't see a bit of green, even the chirping of birds, only the lonely pavilion on the side of the road for people to rest, telling one's loneliness and desolation.
When I went through the small town to beg for water, the local shepherd farmer told me that there has been no normal rainfall for 8 consecutive years. The small amount of precipitation is barely enough for the people here to survive, and the animal husbandry around the town has long been at a standstill.
A few years ago, like other farmers, he had to sell his last batch of sheep. He left the farm and opened a retail store in a small town near the farm, struggling to survive. Everyone is making the last insistence, waiting for the normal arrival of rain, so that they can return to the farm and continue herding sheep.
Even though this is a desert, the lamb in the Karoo region is famous in South Africa and is also a pillar industry here. I traveled here many years ago and saw some flocks of sheep eating sparsely in the desert. At that time, I was curious that there is no green space here. The sheep are so pitiful that they can’t eat grass, they can only eat stones. Later, I learned that they were actually gnawing on the little green grass under the stone. However, even the little green grass can't be eaten now.
The car drove east along No. 27 for a few hundred kilometers, only to see a little bit of green, and found a handful of purple flowers, indicating that this is the beginning of spring and it has not yet seen rain. I wonder if this year Another dry season.
This time I didn’t take Highway 14 and I didn’t see the unique telegraph poles bird’s nest beside the Kalahari desert road, but I saw a lot of unique ant nests here, and the uplifted soil in the last picture Bao is the home of ants. I think it is more appropriate to call it "Ant City". There are so many ant nests, and I don't know what they live on.
The stones beside the road are also very interesting. First, they are black and round, as if they have been burned. They will not be exposed to the poisonous sun here, scattered in various sizes. Later, I saw these square and various geometric shapes . At first glance, they looked like discarded bricks. I think it is most suitable to build a house directly. I don't know how nature cuts neatly.
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