Thursday afternoon, we went with a group of people from the company for my second and Derek's third trip to the desert. While they were letting the air out of the tires of the ubiquitous Land Cruisers that we were driven in - oh I forgot to put that picture in, I will put it in the next one. Anyway, several people rode on camels to while away the time.

This time we stayed overnight and this was our accommodation. We just had a sleeping bag to put on top of the cushions, with carpets to walk on - quite cosy! We just slept on top of the sleeping bags and had a light sheet on top as it was still pretty warm and humid. The tent is only closed on three sides, with the third, long side, open. We were fed a typical bedouin meal, which was basically meat, rice and pulses of different kinds. All with lots of tasty spices.

This was another option of a place to sleep. But I just wanted to show how much carpets are used here. This beautiful carpet was just laid on the sand and was in fact covered in sand from people walking on it. They did ask us to remove our footwear before entering the tents, but you have sand all over you and of course it gets everywhere.

After dinner, we were entertained by our drivers, one got out his electric organ or whatever it is called and played obviously well known Arabic songs. They were all singing and clapping along to them. Before long, everyone was up dancing, our drivers included. They were very hospitable and friendly. Derek played a lengthy game of volleyball as well, so we were definitely ready for bed around midnight and too tired to care if there were snakes or scorpions - which there weren't. To be continued.