| Set in the middle of the Sahara desert, the Siwa Oasis is much larger than those Saturday morning cartoons would imply. Set in a despression in the ground (thus, where the water flows to), it is filled with palm trees, donkeys and dust. The Siwans were isolated for a long time and have developed their own particular culture, some of which is kind of quirky. For example, they (for unexplained reasons) don't keep female donkeys in the oasis. Quite a beautiful place which I would love to go back and spend some time getting to know it better.%0D
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I have more pictures on ShoeBox.%0D
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Also see Egypt.%0D
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