We woke up around 6:30am in the desert to see the beautiful sunrise in the extremely bright desert. There are white rocks in strange and beautiful formations, some that look like animals (a rabbit, a chicken under a tree, etc). We had breakfast, packed up camp, and headed out to see some sights on the way back to Bahariyya.
One of the places Ahmed stopped was a huge whale fossil, that you could go inside! You can see the ribs and everything. Amazing.
Next, the Old White Desert, where the formations are more rounded off from the wind (think mushroom shapes). Then the Black Desert, where the three of us climbed a mountain to a spectacular view. One more stop at Crystal Mountain (aptly named), where most of it is ropped off "protected", but you can climb a bit. If you take any crystals, which are strewn all over the sand, you could face penalty if caught by the police. We weren't caught.
Back to the oasis, lunch, and tea, then we hopped on the bus back to Cairo for another 5 hours. On the bus, a woman behind us had three live ducks in a bag on the floor. She let me hold one, which seemed nice, except for the fact that after a few photos, it pooped on G and myself. Ewww...the smell...I almost lost my lunch, but thank goodness for tissues and shout wipes!
One stop at a middle-of-nowhere bus station for a bathroom/cafe break, then we continued "home". The bus dropped us off in Giza, not Cairo, so we got a cab with Cho and a Japanese guy he was trying to befriend. Our portion was 20LE, but the hostel refunded it for us, since they forgot to tell us how we were to get back. Not bad. We arrived at the hostel around 9pm, ate, showered, and off to sleep.
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