Thursday, 6 December 2018

Day 246: Desert

Sasha is off to the Wirikuta Desert which reminded how much I love deserts.  The first time I realised my attraction to deserts was when I was in Egypt shortly after Sasha was born.  At the time I was there for only 3 days and mainly spent time visiting Cairo and the Pyramids but I remember looking out to the desert beyond and feeling a pull a bit like when you are on the edge of a cliff (but less dangerous!).  Since then I have visited Namibia which has the Namib and the Kalahari desert both of which would have been on  my list if I hadn't seen them already. I think it's the ruggedness and emptiness that pulls me.  And, of course, that deserts cannot be tamed.

Anyway here is my priority list of deserts to visit:

  1. Heart of the Sahara (Mali/Algeria/Chad)
  2. Gobi (Mongolia)
  3. Gibson desert (Australia)
  4. Atacama desert (Chile)
  5. Chihuahua Desert (Mexico. For Blueberry)
Bonus:  Wirikuta (depending on Sasha's experience), Arabian (depending on Politics) and Dasht-e Kavir in Iran (to annoy Trump).

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