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Tamanrasset, Algeria

I dreamt last night that I was staying in a reed hut in the middle of the desert, and that I lay under a brightly lit almost-full moon sky with shadows sharp against the sand. Around me, mountainous piles of oddly shaped Boulders stood in silhouette and I could not sleep but instead lay for hours tracking the moon across the sky. A cold wind arose and I slept finally to dream of a complicated mathematic I was supposed to understand but could not.

I awoke to find the moon set, a man making tea over an open fire, and a woman shaking her right hand with thumb and forefinger fixed in rigid “L”, a herd of goats clattering behind her. 9,000 year old petroglyphs in red ochre lay here amid green artemesia and thornier plants, and I walked later across a sandy plain tattooed by scarab and moula moula tracks to find them. Under an overhanging Boulder, staring up at an animal of incomparable elegance painted 320 generations ago, I suddenly experienced an overwhelming feeling of deep, inner tranquility.

It came as some surprise to recognize that this was exactly what I had come for.

Petroglyph

tres National Geographic! So glad you're finding one of your dreams. In comparison we are preparing for maybe our first snow storm of the season...(it's February 1st) skiing at Wachusett (with Mia) and the Super Bowl on Sunday, with Mia and Polly and lots of fondue(the Patriots are not in it) So, as usual you are the news. We are living our days..You are living your dream. We are the lucky ones who can follow along your path of adventure, culture, sights, smells and sounds. (I swear I smelled gasoline, fish and burnt rubber from those shredded tires a few days ago, oh, and the soft silky sand under foot, up my nose and in my teeth!) Just awesome blog.

written by Nieke on February 2, 2007

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