After a breakfast of honey, fig jam, flat bread and cheese triangles we wandered round for an hour while the guide and driver packed up camp then we headed off to rescue a group camping with the same company whose 4x4 wouldn’t start! After jump starting their engine we continued our tour.
First we went and found an acacia tree (same wood Moses built the Tabernacle and the poles to carry the Ark out of ) growing in the middle of nowhere. It was full of life, spiders, bees, birds, a small burrow, . . . .
From here we went to the ‘Small Oasis’, now this is what Hollywood makes you think an Oasis is half a dozen palm trees and a pool of water. Not 92 km by 40 km!
The place was surrounded with a legend involving a dinosaur eating people and the eggs it had laid. The egg shell was still there (chalk formations) as well as a cave that had been used as a dwelling.
From the photo you can see the reason for the egg story.
Our last stop was for a scenic view of the black desert, for all those willing to walk to the top (45 mins) we were promised an amazing scenic view, only Geoff was interested as by now the rest of us were quite tired, so we settled for some photos at the bottom.
Then back to the hotel and the mini bus to travel back to Cairo. We stopped at the petrol place on the way back and ended up giving the wife of the owner of the company back to Cairo as her car had broken down. We were back in Maadi for 5 and real toilets after an amazing 2 days away.
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