"You maniacs! You blew it up!"

Sorry about that, but the final scene of Planet of the Apes sprang to mind when we arrived here. This photograph was taken at the sand dunes of Tottori, one of the places we visited on our brief winter excursion. This place was fantastic, but unfortunately we could not stay as long as we would have liked to because the wind and the rain arrived after about half an hour. Never mind, we will be coming back in the summer to ride on a camel, to do some sand-boarding and to visit the sand sculpture museum.