Camping in White Desert

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌย ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌย ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Shadows were getting longer. It was late afternoon; we were driving through the white desert in Egypt; afternoon sunlight on an eerie shape of wind carved sandstone resembled a lonely camel far away. We were on the second day of our desert safari. We started from El Bawati village in Bahariya oasis after breakfast. Our first stop was "Sahara Suda", Black Desert; the ground to right and left covered with black stones which are black volcanic eruptions from centuries ago. English mountain is the highest point in the black desert and…

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Ilulissat: Land of icebergs

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ I was not originally planning to visit Ilulissat.ย There was no flight back from Sisimuitย , so I decided to extend my stay ย and visitedย Ilulissat, glad that I did. This town is located approximately 350 KM north of arctic circle. This place is famous for Icefjord. It's a massiveย collection of icebergs that have calved from the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier one by one. This isย fastest moving glacier in the world (40 meters daily). This place is at its best during summer months, specially due to global warmingย glacier calving is a common phenomenon. We were…

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Epic Trans-Siberian : St. Petersburg to Vladivostok Part – 1

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ St. Petersburg - Moscow - Kazan We checked in to our hotel in St. Petersburg after a four hour flight from London. This is one of the most beautiful cites in the world and also the 2nd largest city in Russia.

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