We depart Constantine for our 170-mile drive into the northern Sahara Desert. The route looks curvy as it winds itself southwesterly on state routes. We drive among the cliffs and low mountain ranges of the Batna Province. These represent a natural geographical break through the Atlas Mountains.
By the time we reached Biskra, the Sahara had fully committed itself to its monochrome phase. The northern Sahara doesn’t believe in variety. The scenery remains stubbornly the same—brown on brown on brown.
