Surfing in the Sahara Desert

Hi there, salaam alaikum. We are definitely in the Sahara Desert now. Look at this absolutely perfect dune. It's like it was human created, but definitely not. Wind created the real desert dunes of the Sahara. So today is Thursday, October 3rd, 2024, currently 88 degrees Fahrenheit. That is 31 degrees Celsius, but about 5.30 in the evening, so starting to cool down a bit and feeling a nice breeze. So I'm on a tour, as you can see. It just goes for a few hours until the sunset includes dinner, and it was 2,300 Egyptian pounds. That is $47 US, 43 euros. There is also a couple on the tour from France. Out there you can see one of the salt lakes and the desert oasis and town of Siwa there, where I've been for the past five days. So as I've mentioned in previous videos here, there is just so much to see here, so I will be spending a total of eight days here at the Siwa Oasis. A few more days left. Another vehicle out there. Man, they were hauling ass through the dunes there. I think we went, like, up one of the shaded parts there and did, like, a, you know, surfer or skateboarder move there. Pretty wild. So yeah, this is going to be fun. I think there will be surfing involved, sand surfing, and some fossils, something like that. It's going to be a fun evening in the Sahara Desert of Western Egypt, and this is really the last outpost of civilization of any sort of life, the oasis, the lakes, here, for a very, very long ways heading south from here. The whole southwestern part of Egypt is just desert. No roads other than you can drive through the desert, but no towns down there. And then you get to Sudan, and it is Sahara Desert as well. So wow, a really unique experience here. Let's see what happens next. France has big dunes also. You've been to the dunes in France? No. On the Pacific Ocean, I went there. Yeah. I forget the name. Do you remember the name? Dunes du Pila. How do you say? Dunes du Pila. Okay. Not the same thing, but too small. Yeah, it's big, but yeah, like, just one big dune. Say again, sorry? If you come face to face. Yeah. Not good. Like a shape? No, camels. Actual camels? Yes. Oh, the camel shape. Yes, yes, yes. So we take a photo, and then we're going to Hotsubin. Okay. The camel rock. It really does look like a camel. Well, it's almost perfect. Nice hump. Maybe these are the fossils as well. They're looking at something. Ooh, nice one. Yeah, that's an amazing fossil there. Oh, there's tons of them. What's that? Yeah, tons of shells. Whoa. This area was underwater. It's just absolutely littered with shells. So the elevation here is actually about sea level. Even though we're a long ways from the sea, the Mediterranean, I think somewhere around here it's actually below sea level. So yeah, it's just shells everywhere. Very, very cool. It is nothing like the true wide-open desert, the peacefulness. Not a single sign of life other than us humans. Not the tiniest little shrub, blade of grass. Unreal. It is truly like another world. Siwa Protected Area, Bir Wahed Area. So I guess it's a hot spring. A little mini oasis. Let's feel it out. It's warm. Yeah, it's warm. It's not like quite hot tub. Hot, but close. Maybe around like 98 or 100 Fahrenheit. 37, 38 Celsius, something like that. Sunset time here and sun burning. Oh, great. Shoes on? Yes, take off. Take off? Yes. But I think you sit better. Sit in the middle and your hand in the rope. Hand on the rope? Yes. So sit in the middle. Oh, sit? Yes. Not standing? Yes. Okay. So, in the middle. Yes, like this. Like this. Okay? Ready? Okay. Yeah. I love you. Nice. Yeah. Alright, let's see about doing it standing up. Only thing is, it's a lot of work to get back up there. So he's our security guard. He has a briefcase with a gun in it. Yes. That way is more fun. And the long climb back up. Have you done snowboarding? Yeah. Have you done snowboarding? Yeah. In two years, yeah. Okay. So you have some experience. Same idea? Yeah. Alright, one more try and then I think that that is going to be it for me for going up the hill there. And so this is also the sunset and dinner spot.