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wayfaringwordhack ([personal profile] wayfaringwordhack) wrote2014-09-17 09:41 pm

Here By Glimpses Known

We've sadly been unable to explore much of the Egyptian desert due to instability in the country and safety restrictions imposed by J's work. On a trip to Fayoum, however, we went to Wadi Al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales), a World Heritage Site, and spent a night camping surrounded by fennec foxes.

Junebug was only 7weeks old at the time, so it was a speedy visit. Camping with a 3-yr old and a newborn in a 2-person tent = interesting, but not worth repeating unless strictly necessary. :P

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Whale fossils in Wadi Al-Hitan


The whole area was once a lagoon with an extensive mangrove:



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Photo with J to give you an idea of the size of the sandstone formations:

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Humpbacks, shooting the breeze. :P

Oh, and what the heck, why not a camping pic and one of a fox:

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[personal profile] clarentine 2014-09-20 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
So very many. We are fools to think we control any of it.

Complete fools

[identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com 2014-09-20 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm currently reading Edible Forest Gardens, 2 Volume set by Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier, and Mr Jacke makes pretty much this same point when talking about how we've (oh so successfully) destroyed the forest systems of North America with our mindless destruction and then almost-as-mindless "fixing." By "fixing" I mean the vicious cycle of pesticide use, etc.