The desert looks nothing like I expected. You usually picture endless sands stretching out to the horizon. But it turned out to be completely different.

Every now and then you come across green patches. Even in the desert there's plenty of groundwater. In some places it comes close to the surface and life begins. Plants appear, people settle, they start raising goats. You can't really feed cattle, of course, but there's enough for more hardy animals.

But even where oases are few and far between, you still spot some bushes and other thorny plants. A completely barren wasteland is pretty rare to find.