Day 33: Black Desert, White Desert

Off we went again, southwest into the deserts. First stop was the Black Desert, where there are black-pebbled mountains sticking out of the yellow sands. Very odd sight, and we put in some sweat to climb a small one near to the road.

Had lunch at a small oasis village that I can't recall the name of (it may not have even had a name), then headed into the White Desert. Here there are crazy white rocks in all sorts of odd shapes sticking out of the sand, apparently formed by wind erosion. One in the shape of a mushroom, and others in the shapes of rabbits and ducks were the highlights.

Tried some sandboarding but it didn't quite work as we were all a bit too heavy and would get bogged in the sand. And besides, there are no chairlifts back up the hills!

Beautiful desert sunset out here as well.

Originally we were supposed to camp out under the stars but we didn't for reasons I've long since forgotten. Instead we drove back to the oasis where we'd had lunch, had dinner and slept there after taking some great time-lapse photos of the stars.Read more