Got up nice and early to catch our bus to Baharriya Oasis, the oasis closet to Cairo at 365km away. It took five hours, and involved lots of stopping at random places and military checkpoints, since it is in an area of the desert which is deemed to be at risk from militants.

When we arrived we were taken to the tour leaders house, a farm between the mountains and the oasis centre. It had six springs which fed a pool next to the living quarters. We ate lunch and then were given a tour of the farm, it had the usual animals (cows, horses, sheep) as well as rabbits, pigeons, goats and donkeys.

We then went off roading around the desert round the farm for a bit. Was really fun going up and down the dunes, and we met a german couple who had got stuck in the sand with their tour leaders, who had been waiting an hour in 40degree heat for someone to find them. We pulled them out and they went on, to get stuck about half an hour later.

Then we went to the tour leaders parents house to eat dinner, they are on Ramadan which means they can't eat, drink or smoke between 4am to 6pm, which in the heat they were finding quite difficult. We went to bed quite early in preparation for tomorrow.