Sunset in the White Desert

In the Desert...

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March 26th 2008
Absolute full credit to those explorers who trekked through the desert exploring and mapping! It's really really hot, really really dusty and sandy and very hard work. And I did it in a truck! The heat wave has continued here, and we've just spend three nights and four days in the Western Desert. It's been absolutely amazing. Stunning scenery, distant horizons and more types of rock formati ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Western Desert

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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