The group photo they all insisted on us taking

Fun little anecdote I forgot about -- there was a bunch of giggly bartering going on which I didn't really pick up on until one of these Bedouin came up and announced to me that he had bartered me away from Gareeb for 4 camels. I look over at Gareeb, who is cackling away with Igaazi. Don't worry, family - I haggled them up to 15. Momma didn't raise no fool.

Carmella the Pregnant Camel: Or, Camping in the Black and White Deserts

May 10th 2009
Bahariyya Oasis is a teardrop-shaped cluster of date palms, rock, hot springs and flowers about 400 kilometers southwest of Cairo. It’s linked by a slender little wedge of green to Farafra Oasis, and surrounding all of this are massive sheets of desert stretching for hours on all sides. The main “city” in Bahariyya is called Bawiti, a bright, ancient, eerily peaceful little town, which is t ... read more

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more

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