Between a rock and a hard place in the mists of time
April 21st 2024 It is very hard country. Dry country. Stony country. Arid country. Barren country. A barely hospitable landscape.
Sand and grit, rock and pebble. Desert mountains and empty seaward lowlands. Not semi-arid. For vast tracts there is no vegetation. A single very hardy thistle of spiky grass, or rare cactus, startles.
It is so ugly it is almost beautiful.
The Peruvian desert, that includes mo
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