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Crystal Mountain
We visited the Crystal Mountain in January 2016 on our second trip to Egypt. The Crystal Mountain is located between the White Desert and the Black Desert (the remains of an old mountain range) in the Egyptian desert. The mountain is actually more of a hill, and is covered in barite and calcite crystals. While we explored the mountain, our guides laid out a rug, drank tea, and had some snacks.Related ...
I have a love/hate relationship with tourist destinations. Everywhere could be a tourist destination if it were properly marketed. Most tourist destinations are places you go to, stare at for a few moments, and then leave behind without revelation. It’s helpful for our family to have a destination since we live out our human existence on a big sphere, but the destinations are never the most memorable or ...
This trip has been hard. All of us agree. It’s nothing specific but everything in general. Lydi and I have classes three days of the week. Last week she made friends with some girls at the park, which means that this coming week will be busier yet. And tomorrow we’re going into the Western Desert on a trip that’s probably going to be visually stimulating but otherwise fairly low-key. But subconsciously, I’m ...