Chinese soldiers marching in front of The Potala Palace, the former summer residence of His Holiness The Dalai Lama. In 1959 he fled to exile in India after a failed uprising against the Chinese regime in the capital Lhasa.
       
     
 Hitchhiking the 182. km from Wadi Halfa to Abbri is a long and uncomfortable ride, but Abdi and Mohamed Kareem are used to it, and  enjoy the time they spend together.
       
     
 Welcome to Koidu - the diamond capital of Sierra Leone!  Diamond shops are spread all over town and impossible to miss. Like gold-rush America, Sierra Leone’s diamond-mining capital can feel just as madly exciting, and just as desolate. Known as the
       
     
Welcome to Omdurman!
       
     
  Welcome to the Sahara  The largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world. The Sahara is spanning North Africa, with an area of ​​9,200,000 square kilometers.  Traditional wells are essential lifelines across the Sahara Desert in Maur