getting closer to libya

This is an article that gives a good idea of what kind of city Cairo is:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/01/world/middleeast/01cairo.html?ex=1330491600&en=c45627804669ee3d&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

So after a moment of panic, when I realized that I had been in Cairo a month, and hadn't done anything I got the chance to leave cairo. we went to the white desert, which is pretty much the most absurd place I've ever been. The landscape is so strange, these weird chalky formations that they call mushrooms. Riding around the desert and looking out looked to me the same as looking out the window of a plane at the clouds when you are right in the middle of them, like if you could just sit in the middle of clouds and look out at the tops of them. I stole some pics from Camille, and will steal more from Meredith when I get the chance. breakfast
Alex
Camille
me, Alex, Camille, Meredith