In 2015 we went on a trip from Cape Town to Luderitz, Namibia. Heading from Keetmanshoop we entered the outskirts of Luderitz in the afternoon. A wind was blowing sand across the road almost as expected

In the Namib Desert of Southern Namibia lies the ‘ghost town’ Kolmanskop, 10 kilometres east of the sleepy seaside town Luderitz. The rise of Kolmanskop began in 1908 when a railway worker, Zacherias Lewela,