We took a 2 day trip out to the black and the white deserts, approx 500 kms southwest of Cairo.
We were joined by Omar and Faisal from Saudi Arabia and had a Bedouin guide to tour us around. The Black desert is almost volcanic looking with all the hills covered with black rock. The white desert is an ancient seabed with bizzare looking calcium deposits covering mile and miles of land. We pitched camp around 6 or 7 other groups and slept under the stars for the night. The whole area is now a protected park which was a surprise to all the guides, pretty funny. An awful lot of driving for 2 days but it was nice too see something different.
Marlyn says, good bye and good riddance to Cairo. We leave tomorrow on our 23 day tour of South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Last week the temps in Botswana were in the 40's, hopefully we will not melt. Next update probably not till end of November.
Sorry no pictures at this time, maybe the next computer will let us download.
Talk to you later
Don & Marlyn
We were joined by Omar and Faisal from Saudi Arabia and had a Bedouin guide to tour us around. The Black desert is almost volcanic looking with all the hills covered with black rock. The white desert is an ancient seabed with bizzare looking calcium deposits covering mile and miles of land. We pitched camp around 6 or 7 other groups and slept under the stars for the night. The whole area is now a protected park which was a surprise to all the guides, pretty funny. An awful lot of driving for 2 days but it was nice too see something different.
Marlyn says, good bye and good riddance to Cairo. We leave tomorrow on our 23 day tour of South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Last week the temps in Botswana were in the 40's, hopefully we will not melt. Next update probably not till end of November.
Sorry no pictures at this time, maybe the next computer will let us download.
Talk to you later
Don & Marlyn
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