"official" cold sahara post

In the end there were 5 of us that went with: a spanish girl, a german, a mexican, a korean guy and a south african (me). Having chosen Libyan airlines to fly us there, we were delayed by almost 5 hours - almost as long as it would have taken to drive to Sebha. Luckily our guide was waiting and after dinner took us to our tents and brrrrrrrrrrrr, it really was cold at night!

BUT, this is what we woke up to: (we couldn't believe it)

Then after a delicious breakfast, we hopped into the 4x4s and drove..... and drove and drove - over dunes and more dunes, while the scenery continuously changed around us. The trip was full of scenery stops and tea breaks and exploring. Of course we got stuck a few times, but our guides were prepared for anything. We manouvered over the most technical dune sections. They even had their own method to defrost our new years eve chicken braai.

manic and insane scenery, we couldn't stop snapping pics!

yes, we stopped to dig for water AND FOUND SOME!

And after the most chilled and mind blowing new years eve next to the fire chatting and eating (and then the following morning, exploring the highest dunes we had ever seen), we headed to the Ubari Lakes. The oasis' in the Sahara.

the trip was completely out of this world with awe-inspiring silences between us.