Old Bawiti

... though. After another stop at a spring, we headed over to English Mountain to wait for sunset. There are the ruins of an old British fort there from WWI that made for some pretty nice pictures. It's crazy how chilly it gets here when the sun disappears. ...

Plan: This is the longest drive of our trip-- rumoured at 10 hours on the old road, but it has since been modernized, so hopefully a lot shorter. Aside from the flight, this is when Ben's Ipod will most come in handy. I might use this stretch to ...

... see it for ourselves. As soon as we were back in Cairo we had arranged a journey out to the Western Desert area which includes Bawiti Oasis and then onto the Black and White Deserts by 4WD. The camels can have a rest thank you very much. Camels are ...

... to take pictures.  Wow, this place is great!  After a simple breakfast, we packed up camp and drove off to see the old and new White Desert.  Stopped to look for flower stones, Crystal Mountain, and climb a hill in the Black Desert.  ...

... friend we set off for a little weekend getaway so that my freind Jean Francois could expereince something a little different in Egypt other than Cairo.  I have seen many deserts including Arizona. Which are nice but the Libyan Desert, Western ...

... ! Lol Bawitti was a very busy little place, a small town in the desert.  Very dirty, lots of garbage, seeds stored in old chemical bins, bread laid out on a concert step and chickens sold off the back of trucks.  Lots of men sitting around ...

1/25-26 Baharia Oasis 7AM departure from Cairo. We've got a pretty old bus now, but it has a mini toilet, so everyone cheers. It will be a long 4 hr drive to Baharia, our first oasis stop. There's nothing much but sand along the way- the first stretch ...

A small group of 7 on this part of our tour. A fairly long drive as Bahariyya Oasis is about 360km from Cairo, so a lot of the trip through open desert. Our hotel was listed in the brochure as basic and it is - very different from Cairo but comfortable ...

... on her own. She was a real 'mamma' and took us all in and wanted our e-mail addresses and nationalities. She called her 8 year old son to play his drum and we were amazed by his rhythm and skill. She wanted Kailey to dance and with that, our guide ...