im reading the final of the a-league live on the internet... whoever said all you need is your imagination is an idiot. 5 goals, all by archie no less, constant drumming on the crossbar, and record numbers of people, but the anticipation of new text appearing after regular mouse cliks on the refresh button just doesnt seem to illustrate the atmosphere adequately. \
anyway, back to libya. (click) the scenery was incredible. our first night we camped beside (click) some rocky and pebbly, jagged mountains. perhaps 5 or more kilometers away, across the flat, dry wadi was another mountain range, this time made completely out of fine sand. (click) our hollywood imaginations had convinced us that we would be traversing these sand seas on our 4wd. (click) we asked ahmed, he said not those. on closer inspection the following morning we soon realised that trying to do would have been murder due to steep inclinations, with chance predicting that one ridge would (click) give way to a sharp drop on the other side, straight into a deep trough of sand. (click) *6-0 to Melbourne fulltime...*
but we would get our sand dune adventure soon enough. in the mean time, we clambered up smaller slopy dunes into the Meghatghat, a fantasy world of jagged rocky spires, red sand, sun and emptiness. i could peer out the open window and pretend to see desert raiders hiding amongst the rocks preparing to ambush us.
we camped on a spot where the sand lifted us to give us a view above the rocky spires. i set my tent up with the entrance opening up to a wide expanse of kilometers of the dark landscape. as the sun got low i climbed onto a high ledge and perched myself with legs dangling and breeze on my face. i closed my eyes and when i opened them was filled with awe, over and over again. these scenes are rare and i will attempt to treasure it. now to wait for the setting sun...
it kept getting better too... next one will be brief so i can catch up to alexandria. i think my photos are too big, ill see if i can play around with them and get some up here sometime. whats news with you?
anyway, back to libya. (click) the scenery was incredible. our first night we camped beside (click) some rocky and pebbly, jagged mountains. perhaps 5 or more kilometers away, across the flat, dry wadi was another mountain range, this time made completely out of fine sand. (click) our hollywood imaginations had convinced us that we would be traversing these sand seas on our 4wd. (click) we asked ahmed, he said not those. on closer inspection the following morning we soon realised that trying to do would have been murder due to steep inclinations, with chance predicting that one ridge would (click) give way to a sharp drop on the other side, straight into a deep trough of sand. (click) *6-0 to Melbourne fulltime...*
but we would get our sand dune adventure soon enough. in the mean time, we clambered up smaller slopy dunes into the Meghatghat, a fantasy world of jagged rocky spires, red sand, sun and emptiness. i could peer out the open window and pretend to see desert raiders hiding amongst the rocks preparing to ambush us.
we camped on a spot where the sand lifted us to give us a view above the rocky spires. i set my tent up with the entrance opening up to a wide expanse of kilometers of the dark landscape. as the sun got low i climbed onto a high ledge and perched myself with legs dangling and breeze on my face. i closed my eyes and when i opened them was filled with awe, over and over again. these scenes are rare and i will attempt to treasure it. now to wait for the setting sun...
it kept getting better too... next one will be brief so i can catch up to alexandria. i think my photos are too big, ill see if i can play around with them and get some up here sometime. whats news with you?
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