The little Lolita arrived in Namibia on December 11th, which is the summer in Namibia. Namibia has 300 sunny days a year, and the sun was shining brightly that day. Fortunately, summer has just begun and the temperature in the capital is not very high.

When the helicopter flew north and entered the semi-arid plain area near the desert, the temperature rose significantly. There was wind when the helicopter was flying, and the sun still felt hot when it shone on me.

The purpose of the little guests from China was to observe Welwitschia and plants in the narrow coastal zone. The helicopter arrived at the plain and lowered the altitude again to try to allow the little guests to observe more clearly.

Overlooking the plain, Le Yun was excited inside. She really wanted to let the helicopter send her to the wasteland so that she could happily dig plants. Unfortunately, she couldn't do that. She could only study which areas had what she was looking for first.

plant.

The closer you get from the plain to the coast, the more desolate the plain becomes, and it is difficult to see people. Because it is summer, it is also the rainiest season of the year in the north of Namibia. The vegetation is the most vibrant season of the year.

Wherever there are plants, everything appears green.

At the border between plains and deserts, there are gravel sand plains with sparse plants; in some places in the desert, not even a shadow of plants can be seen, only a desert desert, the color is lighter than orange-red, and darker than the yellow sand of ordinary deserts.

In some places in the desert, there are ponds and large depressions, forming green spaces.

After flying for a while, the pilot reminded him of an area where Welwitschia grows. Le Yun wished she could grow more eyes. She took the telescope prepared on the plane and stared at the sky. Less than three minutes later, she saw

When we arrived at the sandy desert beach bordering the plains at the edge of the desert, there were clusters of plants scattered on it.

Welwitschia is a unique plant in Africa. It only grows in the nano deserts adjacent to Angola and Namibia in the southwest. It only grows in narrow coastal deserts. It is not found everywhere in coastal deserts and has certain regional restrictions.

The helicopter was at a certain height from the desert ground, and the smell was very light. Le Yun held up the telescope to observe, and the more she looked, the more excited she became. There were termites, poisonous snakes, scorpions, lizards, etc. in the gravel plain. Not only could they be collected by then,

Welwitschia, you can also catch snakes, dig ants, catch scorpions, frogs, well, I couldn’t be happier.

Because we were in a hurry, the helicopter landed in the desert, circled in the air, and then continued flying north to a bay port. The people on the helicopter discovered that there was a helicopter far behind. It was probably someone renting the helicopter.

Deliberately taking aerial photography also gave them the feeling of no longer sailing alone.

They flew a little slower, and the helicopter behind them was not very far away from them. Sometimes the distance could be shortened to about two kilometers.

As the helicopter moves forward, it reaches a spot where Welwitwitschia and endemic plants grow. The driver and security personnel will proactively remind the little Oriental guests. They just keep flying, flying over the gravel desert plains and over the desert park's attractions and accommodations.

After passing several towns, most of the area was deserted.

After more than four hours of flight, at nearly dusk, the helicopter transporting the Oriental guests flew to Opuwo, the home city of the Himba tribe of red clay people in the northwest of Namibia, leading to the Namib Desert. The road entered the desert.

The Gulf of Fria is not far away. About two days' journey from the bay, we landed at a place with Welwitschia.

The Oriental girl was originally going to the area bordering Angola. Considering that the guest was a half-year-old child and traveling alone, the airline did not agree for her safety and jointly negotiated a landing point acceptable to both parties - at

Choose a place to land near the Gulf of Fria or near Cape Rocky. It should be within about three days of hiking from one of the two places. It is close to the mouth of the tourist bay and has better satellite signals.

Even if you get lost, you can call for help as soon as possible.

The helicopter landed without circling. When it was close to the ground, the wind from the propeller blew the semi-desert sand and dust flying like a puff of smoke. It was not until the blades came to a standstill that the rotating dust cloud weakened.

After the dust settled, the security personnel allowed the Oriental girl to untie the safety rope and accompany her off the plane.

Landing from the helicopter ladder, stepping on the sand, Le Yun threw down her big backpack excitedly and jumped hard. To be honest, watching the scenery in the air is beautiful, but it still can't compare with the beautiful feeling of being down to earth.

When the escort came down, she immediately asked her warm and friendly uncle-like friend from the Namibia country to take photos, helped him take photos with the pilot of the aircraft, took photos with him, and then asked him to help take some photos of her and the aircraft.

The security officer took many photos of the girl and the helicopter, then sent her to a safe place, handed her the hygiene phone assigned to her by the airline, and gave her repeated instructions before returning to the helicopter cabin.

The propeller of the helicopter rotated again and slowly rose, flying to the Gulf of Fria ahead to park. The Oriental girl chartered the flight for half a month. In the next half month, the helicopter will be her private aircraft, unless she encounters the national defense.

The contract will only be terminated if there is a change of location, so they will wait at the Gulf of Fria ahead. As long as the girl wants to change places, they will pick her up and drop her off.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When their plane landed, another helicopter not far from them passed nearby and went to the plain to take pictures of the scenery. When they took off again, another helicopter circled around

It made a big turn and flew forward over the desert.

Watching the helicopter fly away, Le Yun carried her big backpack and rushed to a large Welwitschia tree. She squatted down and opened half of its wilted and rolled-up strip leaves to look at its two wide leaves.

Sand underneath the leaf base.

Welwitschia is also called Welwitschia. It is the rarest living fossil-level precious plant. It also looks very strange. The main stem of other plants grows upward. Its main stem is equivalent to the root and grows downward. Only the top is small.

Part of it is exposed to the ground, and the exposed part is the leaf base. There are only two leaves in a lifetime, which are long and belt-shaped. The middle base part continues to grow and takes on an inverted cone shape. The leaves grow to a certain extent and split into multiple strips. The actual leaf base

Actually there are two pieces.

The place where she landed was on the edge of the desert, a semi-desert area. There were sparse plants in the direction of the plains in a large area. Lily orchids were scattered in the semi-desert area. The leaves of the largest Welwitschia occupied a large space.

The smaller Welwitschia is as big as a washbasin when spread out, and no trees that are too small are seen.

What Le Yun was looking at was a Welwitschia with leaves spread out seven or eight meters wide. Its huge leaf base was about four inches above the ground. The top of the leaf was withered, and the leaves were also spread out. Its leaf base was

Hidden underneath is a small Welwitschia, about two or three years old, with leaves that haven't grown yet.

I took out one leaf and looked at it, then took out the other leaves and looked under them. After studying for a while, I took out a shovel and a large flower pot to dig out the sand when no one was around. I put the sand into the pot. The pot was half full and I dug downwards.

Make a hole, dig a hole, and dig the sand into a place with your hands.

The sand that was dug was put into the small hole dug before. After digging continuously, a bunch of tender stems like garlic were soon revealed. It was a young plant of Welwitschia. It was as big as a garlic and had a short stem on the top.

A crescent-shaped young leaf, because it has not yet emerged from the ground and is protected by the mother's huge shadow, not exposed to the sun, so the stem is still bright yellow with a bit of white.

The seeds of Welwitschia are extremely small, and most of them are deflated. Normally, only one in 10,000 seeds has the chance to germinate and grow into a plant. Therefore, even in coastal areas, Welwitschia does not

Not only are they everywhere, they are also listed as world-class endangered rare plants.

Le Yun’s original intention was to dig up the plants and move them into the space, but their roots were too deep underground, so they had to wait until night to dig. It was too dangerous during the day. If she was photographed by aerial photography, she would be reported, so the seedlings should be removed first.

Collect them.

Carefully pull away the sand around the young plant. The head of the young plant has not yet emerged from the soil, but its roots have already grown downward, absorbing water and nutrients. Then dig down, dig seven or eight centimeters deep, and then dig to the bottom. Use a shovel.

Shovel it all up, transplant it into a flower pot, shovel the sand in the place where it originally grew, bury it, and send it back to space.

Fill the hole, then grab a few handfuls of sand with seeds from another place and sprinkle it down, fill it with sand again, and then restore the affected area to its original state. Use water from the well in the space to pour the roots of the Welwitschia, and dig out the mother plant.

For small seedlings, you need to give them some compensation.

Welwitschia is a male and female plant. According to the smell analysis, she dug up a male plant and had to find a female plant. Le Yun put on her backpack and looked for the female plant, but she couldn't find it.

For seedlings, it will take some time for the sun to go down, so dig up other plants first.

Namibia is the driest country south of the Sahara Desert. Some areas in the desert do not see a drop of rain for several years. In deserts, semi-deserts or arid plains, many animals and plants have adapted to the environment and formed an ecosystem.

For a little lolita who wants to dig up all the plants she can use. The unique plants in each region have collection value, so the creatures in the semi-desert area are her targets. She digs up plants and insects.

You get whatever you want.

Going several miles deeper into the plains, we found several "elf circles" that are very common in the plains of Nanoland. They are actually circles formed by hollow spaces with vegetation growing outside. Scientists have nothing to do to study their formation.

The reasons have been studied for a long time with various arguments.

After finding the fairy circle, Le Yun studied and observed it for a while. She picked a circle that was bare in the middle and the plants outside were not very tall. She took out a hoe and dug from the edge of the circle. After digging for a long time, she found a termite nest. She took out a stick of incense and lit it.

It goes to the hole of their nest, blows the smoke into the hole, smokes it for a while and puts the incense there to let it burn spontaneously, then digs another strange circle, digs the termite nest and lights the incense.

Then I ran to the first strange circle and continued digging. I peeled off the upper part of the termite nest and saw some termites that were fainted in the nest hole. I took out a net that pet goldfish use to clean goldfish poop, net after net.

Put the termites in a net bag and clean up the soil brought back when you have time.

The termite nests are layer by layer, extending in all directions. There are tens of thousands of termites in the nest. The first nest alone weighed two kilograms. The excavated area was backfilled, and then the second nest of termites was collected.

Empty its nest, the sun has reached the horizon.
Chapter completed!