DAY-70, HASSI MESSAOUD, ALGERIA, 12TH SEPT' 09, 23.44 HRS

THE LONELINESS AT SAHARA

The characteristic of Sahara desert which changes its clime from hottest in the world to cooler in just few days is really amazing to experience.Gradually now mercury will start falling down and it will become more and more colder by the passing of days a great reprieve from a dry and hotter climate. Here rain is just 8mm in through out the year. Sahara is also famous for its sand storms.

As per my research thousands of years before Sahara was a very greener place but climate took its toll and now thousands and thousands kilometer stretches are just either Sand dunes or rock plates or different mountain ranges and few river, which run across Sahara out of them following are prominent ~ Nile and Niger river these are permanent and rest are seasonal where there is only dry river bed which may carry water for a brief period during uncommon waterfall.

I remember following lines by John Donne “No man is an island, entire of itself,” and this line holds true even to the most romantically challenged.

Loneliness, solitude, isolation whatever you say it always will be there in this Sahara desert.

The marvels of modern technology, however, have helped me obtain some relief, as small as it may be. I’m sure almost everyone reading my rant is familiar with Napster and its many variants. You have probably used it to share music and ripped copies of DVDs. Fortunately for you, you’ve never been forced by loneliness and desperation to seek a digital alternative to human companionship. I took my thoughts and indulge myself completely into something creative like playing games, doing workouts and blogging which help mine mental energy to face the loneliness.

Let me know your thoughts what you would have done if you would have been at my place….:)

With lots of love and good night….

MANOJ KUMAR OJHA