Writer: G.F. Lamb
About Sahara: Sahara is the big desert the full Sahara area, almost the complete width of North Africa, is many time the size of Great Britain.
KEYPOINTS:
- Vastness of desert
- If ghosts took desert towards England
- Desert at North Africa
- Competition b/w Sahara and Great Britain
- Clarification of desert:
- Control of French
- Lack of facilities
- Attempt of Robert Christopher
- Crossing the Sahara
- desire to see distant places
- Adventure of the world in only 8 dollars (28) Pounds
- Journey to Timbuktu
- Start of journey from Bousada
- Bou ssada as a part of Sahara
- Start of Sahara from Port
- Desert truck way to south
- Plan organization of Robert Christopher
- Circumstances of Journey:
- Driver,Greaser,Passenger on front seat
- Car speed 32 km/h
- Temperature was increasing
- Conversion of water in flask into tea due to high temperature
- Change of vehicle:
- Fast moving weapon carrier passed by them
- Christopher request to weapon truck to take him with them and get him rid of that slow moving truck
- They refused to take him with them as strict military orders do not allow them to take normal civilians with them
- Christopher present war ministry letter which was
- Temporary
- For material for a particular article
- Cancelled long ago
- Lieutenant did not split it to see that it was cancelled long ago and took him with them
- They dropped him at Ghardaia
- Desert city
- More and Sticker flies than an ordinary city
- Picture of flies:
- Cover of flies on non eatable things
- They will come for food to your mouth even
- Humans must be careful while eating till they take their meal back to their tooth
- Probability about some children as their faces were covered by flies
- Continued Journey from Gardaia towards south
- On the day of departure he came to know about the home appliance truck which was new and heavy
- It’s weight was 10 tons
- It was going towards El Golea
- Bus travelled more ten miles out of the city even desert area came
- Sometimes sand was so soft that cannot bear the burden of truck
- Car must also be made so slow otherwise the Tyre may dug deeper in the mud
- 10 ft long steel mesh stripes were used as runway for truck during soft sand
- When stuffed road came again, they were removed
- Christopher also helped Greaser for this hard work
THANK YOU
