Our exciting day in Liwa, part 1

Yesterday's journey into Liwa started out innocent enough. Our day was loosely planned with it's main goal being to see a lot of large sand dunes and visit the "real" desert. We decided that it was a perfect way to test out our friend Neil's test vehicle (he's the motoring guy at the paper): A large orange Hummer. But we got much more than we bargained for .... which is why this entry will be much larger. (That, and we're still waiting on some photos.) Here's part one with a little photo essay of our trip.

Our crazy Canadian friend Neil says, "GET IN!"


Maybe this should have been a sign of things to come... A random sculpture welcoming us to Liwa.



Strange sight number 2: We spot a glass case full of weird white chocolate sculptures at lunch


A view from the Liwa Hotel, the place we ate lunch


On the way to check out the dunes we spot 1/2 a sign..


To quote Hunter S. Thompson, "What the hell are we doing in the middle of the desert?"


Wes pretends he bought a Hummer


Random buildings in the middle of nowhere


Lots and lots of nothing








Random sight number 3: A castle tower. We wonder if there was once a putt-putt golf there...



On the way back we spot CAMELS! I hate to say it Cassie, but they were cooler than you. Needless to say, I now want a camel as a pet.

The camels say, "We have visitors!"

Itchy neck

Baby camel and mom with camel bra

At first I didn't know if we should pet them..

But I totally couldn't resist






Camels love close-ups




NEXT UP
Part 2: 'A date with royalty'