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A Brisk Morning Scuba Dive Between Tectonic Plates

By True Adventure Stories on May 16, 2017September 21, 2017

When the air temperature is 33°F and the water temperature is 35°F, you may as well go swimming…

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Egypt’s White Desert Is Like Being On Another Planet (Full Of Fennec Foxes!)

By True Adventure Stories on April 12, 2017July 28, 2018

Thirty million years ago the sea that once covered Egypt’s Western Desert retreated and revealed a landscape full of limestone and chalk formations, which have been shaped by the sand and wind over time into fantastic white sculptures. And you can camp among them!