Let me give you all a travel goal. Do it if you are quite brave and can think of doing it no matter what. Because, it ain't easy & might break you if you can't handle digital detox.
After a long journey from Cairo, we reached this magical place called White Desert near Bahariya Oasis.The Desert is vast and continues to Libya via Egypt. It's part of the western Desert, located in the greater Sahara desert region, and the uniqueness of this place is.. the style and formation of rocks.. it has shapes and the unique white color.. makes it look like a different world in the moonlight.
We decided to spend a whole evening and night under the stars and moon.. Adi did a great job in planning everything and Mahmud was our man who was so kind to prepare awesome food and made us feel like locals in the desert! For the first time in my life, we witnessed the milky way & countless stars in an isolated place where time stops. Slept in a tent, tried the sheesha like Egyptians do.
How does it feel when you know there is no one there except you? None else in the vicinity? Egyptian Sahara cold windy weather can make you feel like Sinbad the Sailor who was stuck in the desert and couldn't find his way for a long time.. the cold got us slowly.. we sat by the fire and started our conversations.. this is the best part of our trip, when we talk to the locals, we hear them, we eat the same food, we share our thoughts...
Egypt has surprised us, besides the Mummies and Pyramids.. it has shown us something else which we never thought we could explore.. around 4 am when everything was dark.. we walked around the rocks.. haunting cold wind touching our cheeks & hands and made us feel alive under the stars..
Thank you Adel & team, we are grateful for this trip!