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the shortest camel ride in the world to the Edge of the World, and beyond

our driver, little English, declared Safari! as the surprisingly holding-together not-shaking-itself-to-bits Toyota with all of us in it took off into the desert . . . towards The Edge of the World. . .

by way of the bat cave

Edge of the World | حافة نهاية العالم

@ 24.947341° N, 45.990906° E

love from Riyadh,

حب من الرياض

Simon

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