You really get a primordial feel when looking out across this landscape. A little left of the middle you can see a extinct volcanic crater, which has forced its way clear of the surface.
On the horizon you can just see the passage which joins this section with the rest of the Golf and eventually the Red Sea. The guy standing in the fore ground is Marco the Swedish lad.
This is the lowest point on the African continent at -155m below sea level.
You can see how the water level changes, so leaving the crystallized salt behind. Giving the lake its interesting border which contrasts with the deep blue of the lake its self.
Land Rovers can really go any where, even drive on water! .
The locals mine the salt, heaping it into these big piles to dry. I am not sure what it was used for, maybe exported as road salt. As it didn't go through any cleaning process before being bagged. We did use a little on our sandwiches for lunch.
The lake is shallow for quite some way, where the salt has crystallized. You had to be careful walking on the salt with bear feet, as some of the formations it had taken were very sharp.
Once the spare tire had been removed from the roof rack the Landy just fitted in the container. Shortly after this photo was take the guys strapped the vehicle down with steel wire.
The 20 foot container which would be home to the Landy on its journey back to Europe. The big gash down the side of the container that can't be seen in the picture didn't say much for the skill of the loading/unloading crew.