Glimpse Correspondent Ian Bassingthwaighte journeys across the Egyptian desert.
Cairo
The journey begins in Cairo, a massive city that is filled with dust and surrounded by sand.
Jeeps in the desert
Just outside of the city, a caravan of drivers waits to take us further afield.
Tire tracks in the desert
Our road.
Desert views
A desert landscape that is, while beautiful, very lonely.
Rock formations in the desert
Rock formations of the Western Desert, outside of Bahariya oasis.
Rock formations in Egypt's White Desert
Smaller formations in the White Desert--this one, from a distance, looks a bit like a duck.
Desert date palm
The Desert Date Palm.
Sand, light, wind
Sand, light, and wind is nature's way of making beautiful what otherwise seems like a dead landscape.
Lake in the desert
The last thing I thought I'd find in the desert: a lake.
Desert sunset
Our driver takes a break to sit and watch the sun fall.
Watching a desert sunset
We follow his cue.
Desert wildlife
Night comes, and so do the critters.
Ian Bassingthwaighte
Ian Basssingthwaighte currently lives in Egypt, where he volunteers as a legal counsel for refugees. He spends his time traveling, which is contradictory to his epic fear of flight. If you see him in an airport, he'll be drunk or crying. Sometimes both. He writes as a correspondent for Glimpse and is a Senior Fiction Editor at Opium Magazine. You can find him online at flimsywhipped.com.
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