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Don't Leave Anyone Behind in the Desert!
Travel day today to our last oasis at Siwa. I was excited to arrive here as I had been hearing good things about the town. It is definitely the nicest of the three desert towns we have stayed in. Since Siwa is so close to the Libyan border, about 40km away, it is quite a process to travel from Bahariya there. In addition to getting permissions from the police office, there are 8 checkpoints along the way we had to stop ...
The Egyptian Road Less Travelled
... tragedy was the result of a freakish 3-day rain storm in an area that averages <0.1" annually. Later, we all agree to allow our motorbike taxi driver to take us to the main tourist spots, including most notably the Temple of Amun, home to an Oracle that Alexander the Great consulted shortly after founding Alexandria regarding his right to be Egypt's next ruler. They call Siwa, city of a million palms, and quite literally there are 100s of ...
This is more like it
... out into the Sand Sea for some 4WD'ing, sandboarding and visiting some springs. The 4WD'ing was unbelievable and it made it abundantly clear that businesses really have no insurance or OH&S concerns. Some of the slopes our driver took us down and across were beyond belief and even the driver seemed at times a little unnerved as he braked erratically to try and dig the tires into the sand to stop us from ...
Siwa Oasis!
... spring at another location, a 'fossil' mountain, and finally to our campsite. The campsite was close to the Oasis, but still in the desert. It had a few mud-huts for sleeping, but we pulled our mattresses out and slept under the stars after eating a great meal there. In the morning, we woke up early because of the combination of the light, heat, and flies that accompany the Sahara, and after drinking morning tea, started driving back to town.
We got back ...
Hello Siwa
... had the hopes of enjoying a picnic along the lake. One of their 4x4's
had snapped the alternator belt, luckily they had a spare. And if a
broken belt in the desert wasn't enough of a curse, their radiator blew
...
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