The tour bus we took to Bahariyya Desert (4 hours with one stop). It has no air conditioning. To make it worse, when we came back, we hit the sandstorm and so we had to close all the windows. Hot'n Stuffy inside the melting bus for 4 hours! Almost wished to kill myself for the first time in my life...

Inside the bus... during the journey you got free entertainment in the form of endless Islamic Chanting..

The bus will stop here for a break. According to a girl, it had the worst toilet ever in her Egyptian Experience. Luckily the male toilet was ok...

Our non-English speaking driver+guide. The only words we could understand are "Black Desert, White Desert, Crystal Mountain and Flower Stone"

The black desert region, inhabited by numerous black mountains.

As it was impossible to understand from our "guide", we started to hike up to the peak of the black mountain without knowing why...

It was a lot steeper as we approached the top

Yes, this is our Toyota 4WD as advertised! But it has no aircon, broken speedometer and a suspension of nothing.... oh the bonnet is up already! we are worried!

Crystals were found in rocks in this Crystal Mountain region.

World Rally Championship 2007?

The white sand on both sides of the road looked like splashing water waves

Strange rocks in the Crystal Mountain region