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Dune
belt between Arkenu and Uweinat - On first maps of this area made
by early motorized explorers this dune belt is marked as "impenetrable"
(see map of Uweinat by Survey of Egypt, 1942). Certainly for cars of World
War II this narrow stripe of lovely dunes was an unbeatable natural obstacle.
Nowadays, on the other hand, if you are equipped with good 4WD cars and
experienced drivers the dunes are just a fun place to drive. During our
crossing we witnessed with smiles a lonely Libyan military patrol getting
stuck in sand every hundred meters. These poor young boys must have been
send here, into a middle of Sahara's nowhere, for punishment. They had
no idea about desert driving.The mountains in the background belong to
Jebel Arkenu. |
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