Desert

Recently, I've taken my passion for animals to the next level - I have jumped on the vegetarian bandwagon. For the first week it was painful; I was feeling lethargic all the time and suffering, if it was possible, of meat redrawal.

Most people know I'm no fan of vegetable. Or fish. So it came as no surprise when almost everyone took a wager to see how long I would last as a pescetarian. -_-

It has been almost 3 weeks, and I have been meat-free and feeling pretty fantastic; I've started omitting eggs from my diet as well - and slowly, dairy. I know I'm doing this for the animals but I'm going to be a hypocrite and admit that I have been eyeing some awesome leather bags to splurge my Gloria Jeans wages on......

Anyway. The family, a couple of the parents' friends and I went on a desert camping trip at Liwa, which borders Saudi Arabia. This desert spans 10,000km2 and a winding road runs through the desert...

There are a number of preconceptions of what deserts are like.

Well, unlike what is showed in the movies, deserts are not flat. The sand dunes are very, very, very, tall.... and hiking up a sand dune is not easy. In fact, it's even harder than hiking up a hill because there are no trees to hold on to, and the sand is very, very soft.

The desert may look sparse and empty. It is not. It is home to plenty of wild life. We were shocked to see fresh camel dung, and various animal tracks around our camp in the morning. I think this is a scorpion trail.

We were also conscious to not leave our slippers just about anywhere or drop anything on the sand because when the wind blows it changes the landscape, so chances are we might never find them again.

The Tan Family tent:

I'm still trying to figure out how to take proper landscape pictures.

What did the lazy manda do the whole time that she was there?