Jan 31, 2008 - Western Desert, Egypt

<hr>The Egyptian desert After my warp-speed visit throught Cairo, Aswaan and Luxor, I decided to spend the last few days relaxing in the desert, away from the tourists, tourists touts, the constant hassling by young men (ok, not all, but enough to drive a woman insane) and the noise and pollution...

May 19, 2007 - Daklah-White Desert

We passed through the black desert, so named because of the black stones that formed a thin layer across the sand. The black stones apparently came off of a mountain somewhere... Anyhow, we only drove acrossed it and a few of us stopped to climb one of the mountains to...

Dec 3, 2004 - The Dakhla Oasis

Just when traveling reaches its most frustrating and trying point, people always come through to make it amazing. After Luxor I went up to Assyut, a stopping point on the way to the oases, where I had to stay one night. Not many tourists here, so the police were very...