This is actually a very good time of the year, heat-wise, to work in the Western Desert. It gets up into the 80s or low 90s at mid-day, but it's actually quite chilly at night.

But it _is_ incredibly dry. We learned quickly that you have to rip your pita bread into quarters at lunch, stash 3 quarters back in the bag, put cheese in 1 quarter, eat that, and then repeat with the next quarters. If you put cheese into even half a pita, the pita is dried out by the time you eat your way to the other end of the half.....