Camels in the desert

The view into "town" from the roof of our auberge in the Sahara. Camels. Palm trees. Lots of dry, open ground, covered in light-colored sand that will killingly reflect the sun during the day. This picture was taken after sunset, and lit only by sunlight still bouncing over the horizon and off of the reflective environment. Sorry for the strip at the bottom; it turns out that about 95% of my pictures are entirely composed of such blips. Sigh.


This post's theme word: funniment, "humor; a joke." Like a condiment for your funny bone.

Oasis of torture

During our unendurable car trip, the drivers pulled over and stopped at this oasis. It was full of boys swimming. Not only could we not swim, we were just standing around in the heat. Doesn't it look enticing? I dreamed of icebergs between hazy, sweaty naps/passing out from heat.


This post's theme word: maslin, "a shiny yellowish alloy of copper resembling brass."