Sweltering Sahara

HELLO fellow bloggers!

I am zigzagging across the globe as I return again to Africa. This time, I'm in the Sahara desert. I've never been in more contrary weather!! In the day, it gets really hot and it's freexing in the nights. You've probably heard that the Sahara is the world's hottest desert. Well it is that, but it is not the largest. Antarctica is actually the largest desert although it is not hot. It stretches across almost the entire of North Africa and is over 9 000 000 km. I've seen many animals during my trek across the dusty desert. These mainly include dromedary camels and goats, monitor lizards and ostriches. We have had the misfortune though to see some deadly predators like the Leiurus quinquestriatus, or the deathstalker scorpion. It can grow to 10cm long and contains venom in its tail, fortunately it is extremely rare for it to kill a grown adult. The other creature that we encountered was the Sand Vipers that are usually around 50cm long. They are really unattractive with horns above each eye. The bites are not fatal but can cause some pain.

The Sahara's climate is so harsh that it is incredibly hard to sustain any life. To this end, you usually meet travellers and not inhabitants, though there are many nomad tribes that roam the desert. It is exremely annoying as the days are sweltering hot - but the nights are bitterly freezing cold!

Hope to hear from you soon!

Alice