The magic of the Sahara OASIS _ AZ cat

Sahara OASIS line (Tunisia trilogy of the Sahara) is like a dream, dream, OASIS concealed in the Mirage, Palm and the Palm tree, masked robe of Lawrence of Arabia, riding on white single-llama, slowly came to me, not far from the Lake with PI secluded, as England's lover gentle eyes. (Saharan mountain OASIS-Chebika) "Only to the desert who truly understand the value of water. "Without water, there is no life. While the world's largest desert of the Sahara desert, water-especially precious. Let us start from here, an OASIS to meet some of the Sahara, Tunisia. Travel starting point is the largest desert in the southwest of Tunisia tourist towns — Tozeur Touzer, here referred to as the "Palm village", the whole town is beige, and it is the surrounding desert color coordination, we have next day into the desert of four-wheel drive — Toyota desert Prince, a car on three, because the next day to live in the desert tent, so just pick up some toiletries with boarding. (Road side grazing of native) Early the next day, starting from Tozeur, along the way in the wilderness of hills and liang, Palm Desert stretches up to several kilometres, SGM compelling, occasionally even stopped the car, to cross the highway of the Shepherd and the sheep out of the way, it looks like many villages in the vicinity of a derived machine. It is said that Tozeur heartland of coconut-tree forest area of 1000 hectares, 20 million tree coconut-tree. People use the underground Springs irrigate the land, maintaining this OASIS fragile ecological balance. Every year in October and November is the date palm harvest season, think of a coconut tree every year to produce 100 kg of Palm, coconut-tree of age 100 years. (Chebika OASIS) Lasted less than an hour went in Tozeur 59 km north of the famous mountain OASIS-CHEBIKA OASIS. It's back on the Atlantean mountains, the frontage is Al hasa Salt Lake and the Sahara desert, for centuries to come, this oasis of residents a self-sufficient life. (Discarded Chebika town) Went into the stands in the hillside town of CHEBIKA, this has been discontinued Earth but all the buildings are built with clay, so the 1969 a lasted 22 days of rain will eventually lead to a flood, easily destroyed most of the buildings, apart from the tour operators selling souvenirs, now is a silence. The old town has several monastic Church and burial ground hermit survived, white walls in soil eye-catching color architecture, if you carefully look at these buildings contain extends from Egypt Morocco Sahara architecture of typical characteristics. (The mountain oasis was ancient Rome's defense camp) Glare of the Sun, walking in the greenery of the mountains of loess, a clothes wet, the good news is that soon to see the source here: mountains, a lake surrounded with green water, lush coconut-tree, a paradise in the desert. As a result of CHEBIKA remote, in the Roman domination epoch, the local military personnel need to use a mirror reflects sunlight to the nearby Alpine garrison communication. (A little paradise of sensations) Lake into several streams, circled in the mountains, walking in the Shui Pin felt suddenly cool many, along streams, we bypass the Song Shan, saw a small waterfall, no wonder to see online before you said you can swim in the Sahara, if so, jump in and enjoy a certain very happy ! (Tamerza OASIS) Chebika however is not the greatest mountain OASIS, another called the OASIS more spectacular Tamerza, located on the north side of the desolate mountains of Salt Lake, the two articles about five metres long falls down from the cliffs, the Gorge walls next to bump is a little taste of the Canyon, the River TAM has been winding into Tamerza Canyon, flowing Springs nourish the soil, irrigation out onion cage of OASIS. Now tourism became a local "Oasis", surrounding a tent full of hawker, like the following hand desert common reptiles – lizard hawker to take photographs to past visitors. A walk to another OASIS, our driver Mohammed is warm, it will attempt to communicate with everyone, but unfortunately not in English, only even pointing with expression, a road car on a Merry Arab music, also occasionally magic like took out a few "Desert Rose"-for everyone. Mind agile Muhammad saw the cat a lift in the hands of large camera, is very complex and slow down to let the cat photographs, what's also clusters camel stop continue according to the us. Afternoon, hot head, sleepy cat failed to open eyes, eyes lost a piece of white, suddenly I do not know where the car was driving on the highway, only the surrounding dune thicket into the eye could head white "Ocean", Jerry-Salt Lake (ChottEl Jerid). If the desert life is very fragile, then death and life of such strong, just as the sinister Grandes and Jerry 's. Because of the absence of any life forms in this "on the beach of the dead". In ancient times there is a caravan in this fiasco. Now that we walk in Jerry's Salt Lake of Lake Road, which is along the dyke repairConstruction of the salt marsh Beach no longer let people feel the fear. Then simply stop, we directly next to the side of the Lake, like walking on the ice, edge and some red water, the water here is said to contain iron and other minerals, and five thousand square kilometers of the Salt Lake area is world salinity is one of the most heavy water, than sea water up to several times. Tens of millions of years ago the Lake due to temperature rise, the moisture evaporated salt precipitation formation, salt layer from one meter to 20 to 30 meters, in the vast empty areas, without any signs of life, especially in the summer season, only to come to this barren salt mining vehicles occasionally break silence here. Farewell to Salt Lake, we come closest to the desert and was hailed as the "gateway to the Sahara" Vaduz town (Douz), start here to enter true Sahara desert, a desert Carnival starting soon! my more articles: stunning blue and white small town in Tunisia (first part) (2009-05-12 21: 50: 10) Tunisia: more attractive night of Hama Maite (2009-05-17 12: 56: 03) treasures of the ancient Roman ruins in North Africa (2009-05-21 11: 30: 29) North Africa "Mecca" of Kairouan (2009-05-29 10: 25: 35) Africa's most spectacular ancient luomadoushouchang (2009-05-27 12: 27: 16) Tunisia: eternal Carthage (2009-05-24 16: 23: 00) lost in Tunisia in the old (2009-05-31 01: 38: 21) I stay overnight in the Sahara desert (2009-06-04 23: 20: 19) real photo from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Sahara in Tunisia who (2009-06-16 23: 03: 41) world best mosaic Museum (2009-06-09 09: 57: 00)