Saturday, February 2, 2013

Wadi El Gemal

My Fisrt shelter in wadi (the King size bersh)
















































Ready to go for a hike


































The Bersh from outside














The Camp site seen from afar














The stand alone rock














The weird insect














I think it's a combo between grasshopper and something else



















My shoe is at the top left of the photo














The stand alone rock from afar






























Acacia Tree














































The main tent on the left + Camels at the back parked and ready for the trip














The kitchen and the store tents...














The daily trip spot
















Hiking around the area in search for possible mountain biking tracks














Weird stone formation














Forget the tracks... breathtaking views





























That's on top of a small mountain



















Another day of exploration on my Dominator

































If you have the urge to just make track lines all over those beautiful sand dunes, that's the biker in you.














This place was just so vast and so flat... would be nice for trike sailing























































































































Cutting more distances














Cutting my way out back to the tarmac














What a funny little tree (the great Acacia)















My Second Shelter (Normal tent)






























Bike/hike exploration
















My second Shelter (tent)














The only good thing about it was that it had electicity














Went back to Cairo left my motorbike and got back by car with bicycle inside.














My 3rd shelter (a better tent)














Experimenting on me... the owner and i decided to go by car until the 1st and closest water well and leave me there to see if i can return by bike. Was doable but not very pleasant.












































Thorns



































Weird tree




















My 3rd shelter




























































After taking out the thorns... the nearest city was 50 km away and when i finally arranged with the car there was no bike shop in the whole city of Marsa Alam.














Then I concentrated on other things... there is my office which we put up together. Had a ride on a pickup truck from camp to office which is 7 km on a dirt track everyday. Many times had to ride at the back which was great to be in the open.



















Just outside, water boiler for tea and coffee



















The office is very near to the sea which has a better weather and also a nice view














The office was not just that. It was a cinema and a museum documenting about the protectorate


























































































The door to my office














Back to the camp 7 km inside the desert and away from the sea and the highway.
Those white tents are composed of 2 office tents, 2 kitchen tents, 1 main tent, museum tent, cinema tent, shelter tents, bathroom tents and staff (that are not Bedouin) tents.














The Bedouins have their own camp which is right next wadi














My 3rd and last shelter tent














A rope was a really good idea to bring














My last day at the camp after a morning jog.



















Sometimes random visitors came to my office.