My favorite part of the trip was by far our stay in the Saharan Desert. The morning after our show we took an eight our bus ride towards the desert. Here all 150 of us piled in to thirty plus jeeps that would take us to our tents in the desert. We reached the jeeps around sunset and would not be driving through the desert with any light left... this made it very interesting.
The jeeps didn't seem to follow any particular path through the desert. Everyone took off in different directions at full speed. They were clearly trying to avoid the dust from the jeeps ahead by taking different routes, but we had absolutely no idea how they knew where they were going. It was pitch black outside and not a single landmark in site to orient yourself from. We drove for about an hour in the desert, bobbing up and down and swerving to miss other jeeps, but we arrived safely at our destination.
We stepped out of the jeeps and were in complete awe at the scene around us. The burbur people were there to greet us and show us to our tents. We slept in large tents made out of blankets and had a large dining tent for all 150 of us to eat in during our next two days. We were completely overwhelmed. We ran in and found a tent to put our things in and wasted no time in exploring the rest of the campsite. It was only seven clock of so, so we had a few hours to relax before dinner. The burburs served us tea and we settled in to our new home.
We felt like little kids that had been cooped up for days. Everyone was running across the dunes and somersaulting down them. It was a full moon, so it appeared as though there was a light turned on somewhere in the desert illuminating everything. We tackled each other in the sand and sat under the stars, struggling with the idea that we were sitting in the Saharan Desert of all places. We were slightly bummed that the moon was so bright, because it ruined our chances with star gazing, but nonetheless we were captivated.
No comments:
Post a Comment