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From Chalbi Desert to Lake Paradise.

Sunday, December 26, 2021, and the first rays of the sun were just warming the ground. The birds’ tweets in Kalacha were reaching a crescendo. As the world around us slumbered, I dragged myself out of bed, or rather, the wooden loft that passed for a bed. The night in the Gabra manyatta was short, but sweet. 

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