Chapter 26 wilderness

The place where we are staying is called Hurghada. The local people pronounce this sound very much like the Chinese say red bumps.I looked through the world atlas I carried with me, but I couldn't find it, but because I was driving in the desert last night, I suddenly saw a sea in front of me, so I stopped.This morning, when I opened the window, the coolness poured into the room. It is the Red Sea. It really is the Red Sea.The desert directly collides with the sea, and there is no mudflat in the middle, so the real purity appears here. The sand is washed with water, and the water is filtered with sand. After tens of thousands of years, there is no trace of stains left, only pure yellow and pure blue.Because it is so pure, we have a map-like scene in front of our eyes, that is, the depth of blue on the sea surface exactly reflects the depth of the bottom of the sea.In the shallow sea, you can see dense layers of colorful coral reefs at a glance, and fish schools that are more colorful than corals swim among them.There are also canyons on the bottom of the sea. I saw coral reefs suddenly slipping down under the seabed cliffs, and of course they slipped out of our sight.

How deep is it?I don't know, I saw gray sand mist floating above the abyss, just like the clouds on the top of dangerous peaks. Further forward, there is a high slope. The miscellaneous sea creatures are denser and brighter than the most luxurious garden in the world. The sunlight swaying through the water waves makes them really beautiful.It's hard to imagine that all this is so close to the desert. The most unrestrained vast ocean is threatening to dry up for a hundred generations, the densest bustle is next to thousands of miles of monotony, and the most indulgent cruising is accompanied by eternal indifference, yet all arrangements have already been made, no human guidance is needed, and there is no room for human beings at all.

We walked along the beach, stepping on the yellow sand with one foot and sea water with the other.The yellow sand spreads boundlessly to the west, and the sea water stretches boundlessly to the east. Both sides are so vast that the small figures in this row are insignificant. How can this be reconciled?We drove five jeeps, and the beach was filled with sand and dust immediately, which was quite imposing, but in a blink of an eye, the dust and sand fell to the ground, and the dark sunset was steaming the desert and the sea together to create a peaceful day-night alternation ceremony, and our vehicles were completely covered. Thousands of colors melted, leaving only a few faint bright spots wriggling in Ran Ran Zi's air.

At this moment, even the wind in the desert and the tide in the sea have calmed down, so where is the sound of cars and people? From the perspective of the desert and the sea, how much development can human beings achieve in thousands of years?Although we think we are in full swing. Just thinking about it, a few people drenched in water came out of the sea area that had been shrouded in night, staggering, supporting each other, from small to large.Just about to marvel at who is so brave and so good at swimming, when I fixed my eyes, it turned out to be a young mother and her four children, even the oldest one was not more than ten years old.Did they go swimming?Fishing?Picked up?I don't know, anyway, it came through the night and stepped on the sea.

In my opinion, this is almost the ultimate challenge of human beings to nature, but the family quickly entered their cabin, and soon, even the lights were extinguished, and there was no other light on the seaside. October 17, 1999, Hurghada, eastern Egypt, overnight at Pick Albatros Hotel