Wadi by moonlight

Well
what can be said about the desert
it instills some kind of solace that is hidden from other environments.
We travelled about an hour south in a an old jeep with some
fellow searchers of all ages and sizes(8 of us.)
along the red sea till we moved inland slicing through the rock
and passing through shafts of basalt on our journey back inward.
It's remarkable to think how old this area of the desert is.
So many sandstone outcrops riven up by the geomorphic battle that has been
raging underneath here for millions of years.
Luckily for us it's created a most amazing location that
we can view for our brief scratch on this surface.

Arriving at the wadi you can see the time and the age
written all over the rock. I guess in many ways
we are just such temporary fools visiting the
area and sharing in it's ancient silence.

As the moonlight came up over the peak
and lit the valley we all gasped and felt humbled in it's
uniqueness. So far away from the madness that is
the western existence. No light pollution
just the sky, stars and father moon giving us some
light to help us glimpse a bit of the wild.

We watched as our guides made us food on a fire
and Lotta my free diving friend and her husband
entertained us under a rock face lit by 30 or so
wonderful candles. magic.

I wandered away to find some quiet and enjoy the wadi
how many millenia had this been here: Hidden, timeless
and at peace?

I made my small mark in the sand.....

we wandered back to the light the noise and the
sounds of habitation...

the desert is there for you

both inside and out

Bo