Ubari lakes Water in the desert Deserts can be unbearably hot during the day and severely cold at night, sometimes even the snow whitens the sand. When we think of deserts, we are reminded of camel caravans, mirages and film performances of imminent deaths due to thirst. Endless sand dunes give the feeling of a terrible lack of water, but nevertheless, the water is present. If not elsewhere, below the surface. Mostly it needs to be dug or drilled deep to reach it, but sometimes it comes to the surface on its o wn. Oases with palm trees and other vegetation

A vampire of the Akakus A story over evening tea “In the evening, the heat subsided a bit. A group of tourists were already asleep, and I was irritated by the tiny dust that hovered above the ground. I tossed and turned for a while, then I felt a kind of heaviness in my throat and I found it very difficult to breathe. I opened my eyes anxiously and saw a dark figure above me. His white eyes stared straight at me, and his unnaturally long arms pressed against my neck. He had his head high in the sky, almost

Spanish Holy Week At the intersection of Gran Via avenue and Calle Rosario in Salamanca, under the arcades of a bar, I was on a camera screen reviewing photos taken in the past few days. I ordered a glass of rioja, a red wine from the province of the same name. I waited for Milan to show up from somewhere, as at the end of the afternoon a couple of hours ago we each went after our own motives. After an intense travel week we finally reached Salamanca, where we will dedicate 4 days to the pulse of the city