Coming here from Malaysia it appears that nature is lacking. Certainly the lack of vegetation takes you back a bit, until you start to realize the beauty of the desert. Driving along the highway there are places - away from the urban sprawl - simply spectacular. If you are able to get out, to head into the sand dunes and explore just a little bit, you will find a splendor that often gets missed. The calm breeze that shared our evening was perfect and, as it gently made the dunes for us to run around, it allowed a different, quite spectacular, connection between earth and sky. As the sun went down over the dunes it was hard to not be amazed at how, even here in a land with little vegetation, nature is simply beautiful.
Of course there was also the part of the dune bashing that brought tears to Irini's eyes as she looked out of her own car towards that one that daddy (and Pappou and Moca) were in. Running up the slopes and turning on a dime to go back down the edge brought a stress to poor Irini who thought her family might get hurt. But in the end the drivers were experts who added the adrenaline without incident and took us to our final destination... the camp where dinner was served and a show that, as it turns out, Amalia decided to join in with! Round and round she twirled with a very heavy "dress" until, finally, the professional dancer who had invited her to the stage, helped her take it off to the applause of the crowd and the excitement of her family. :-)
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