On our next trip, we visited some of the deserts in Middle Eastern Asia, and believe us, there are many to visit!
Our first visit was to the Syrian Desert, which is located in Northern Syria. It is a very arid, rocky wasteland. Our tour guide told us that this desert was formed by lava flows thousands of years ago. It consists of a rock&gravel steppe that is completely, and utterly barren. But, even though this barren desert is full of rough terrain, it is also very valuable. We found out that it is crossed by thousands of oil pipelines.
We then traveled to the Arabian Desert. It is an endless blur of swirling sand and terra cotta. This desert has very strong winds, which almost caused us to get wisked away in a sand storm! But, unbelievably there is still much life in the desert. The only desert in Middle Eastern Asia that is truly deserted is The Rub Al-Khali.
On our trip, we learned many things about the deserts of the Middle East.
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