1. The journey begins in Cairo, a massive city that is filled with dust and surrounded by sand.

2.Just outside of the city, a caravan of drivers waits to take us further afield.

3.Our road.

4.A desert landscape that is, while beautiful, very lonely.

5.Rock formations of the Western Desert, outside of Bahariya oasis.

6.Smaller formations in the White Desert–this one, from a distance, looks a bit like a duck.

7.The Desert Date Palm.

8.Sand, light, and wind is nature’s way of making beautiful what otherwise seems like a dead landscape.

9.The last thing I thought I’d find in the desert: a lake.

10.Our driver takes a break to sit and watch the sun fall.

11.We follow his cue.

12.Night comes, and so do the critters.