Farafra is small enough to walk around by foot.
There are only 2 public buses per day from Farafra to Dakhla. First at 2 pm. I came at 8.30 am to the “transport corner”, woke up the minibus driver sleeping in his car and he agreed to go to Dakhla Oasis (some 300 kms) for 300 EGP with 4 passengers. I bargained so he agreed to stopover for 1 hour in Qasr where old citadel is located.
Very good price!
It was another hot day. Some nice rock formations on the route. Sand on the road. Military control points. Finally green oase of Qasr – pleasantly located under picturesque cliff.
Qasr old city – great labyrinth of mud-built houses, mosques, medresas. Best such a thing on this trip! Free of charge!
Bad news from the pilot of Brithish group: policle closed the new road from Kharga to Luxor due to the bandits activities in the desert. Tomorrow I will be in Kharga to check what is going on.
In the evening we reached hot Mut – the capital of huge Dhakla oasis. I was looking more then an hour to find the internet. Yes, lucky me, and the trip is great!
