Into the Desert... (part 2) - Black Desert

After camping in the White desert, the Black desert was a stop during the drive to our next destination... to stay at Bawiti Oasis. We have a ton of pictures from the desert, and they are all just so cool. I loved the scenery and vast landscapes.

Here is a little oasis/gas stop we took a break at.

For some reason I dont have a picture of us climbing this hill. But it was a climb. The rocks were also pretty sharp, and we all of course were wearing sandals (and our bags were strapped to the top of the Jeeps). Oh well, we made it to the top and it was quite the view!

Arrived in Bawiti oasis... so dirty from camping and the sandy desert.

A hotel rooftop celebratory drink with the engaged couple. There is only one shop in the whole town that would sell alcohol, and we gave him a bit of business over the 2 days.

Omar wine! We had to bring a bottle home of course, grapes actually grown in the desert in Egypt. It wasn't amazing wine, but hey it was cool that it was actually from Egypt. =)

The "tourist attraction" our jeep drivers took us to see...an old WWII plane that had crashed in the desert.

At one of the MANY security stops throughout the desert. We had to stop just about every hour. They were posts with young military guys assigned to them, and they had to make sure the tourists got from one check point to the next in time. If you didn't show up at the next one on schedule, I guess they would know something was wrong.

Every single checkpoint had these same pet dogs.

You were not allowed to take pictures at the security checkpoints. Oops. You can see the guy hollering at me behind Matt to stop taking pictures.