Day 12 - Bahariyya Oasis (Nov 16)

We woke up early at the hostel, took a cab to the bus station, and headed off on a 5 hour journey to the Western Desert. We arrived at Badr's Sahara Camp in the afternoon, and were finally able to chill out. Mohammed was our host, and we later exchanged emails with him. We met some other travellers who were only spending one night in the desert (Norwegian Monica, Aussie Dave, and Argentinian Serge). The first night, G and I stayed at the camp in the Bahariyya Oasis camp while the rest spent their night in the desert. During the day, we went riding a Land Cruiser over sand dunes and deserts, visited a salt lake, climbed some small mountains, put our feet in a HOT spring, and saw the villages by car.

Back at the camp, we sat by a fire and played cards before dinner. More cards after dinner, then off to sleep in a thatched hut. There was a huge spider (sand colored, like everything here) in our hut, but we chased it out without too much trouble.