I returned to the Sahara Desert for the first time in 17 years.

夢を見ていることを自覚しながら行動している夢を見ている夢を見ました。
あの瞬間、僕は3つの世界線を同時に認識していたんでしょうか。

France will start evacuation of French, EU citizens from Niger, days after a junta seized power (Reuters).

Blueskyに来た人はやはりこれはいっぺん読んだほうが良いと思うんだ。はじめるに当たってまずこれだけは押さえとけ、という大事なことが書いてあって、先に読んでおいて助かったので。

Blueskyの始め方 https://scrapbox.io/Bluesky/Bluesky%E3%81%AE%E5%A7%8B%E3%82%81%E6%96%B9

Bye, and see you again, Borobudur.

At Villa Borobudur Resort

At Borobudur

A hotel in the mountain in Indonesia.

From the hotel where I'm staying tonight.

Sunday lunch near the forest.

The good old days.

Sunset in Mauritania

"Tree of Tenere”
The most isolated tree on earth, growing in the Tenere Desert, was knocked down by a truck in 1973.
Later, an artificial tree was erected here as a landmark.
I hope to visit again someday when Niger is at peace.

https://bit.ly/3NJbI0W

Do you know what “Tenere” means?
It means “desert” in Tamashek (language of Tuareg).
Within the Sahara Desert, the desert area with many sand dunes in Niger is called the “Tenere Desert”. This means something like the desert of the desert.
And Ténéré has another meaning.
It is a “nostalgia’.

aman iman
axa isuda
esink esek
isan temde
---
L'eau c'est l'âme
Le lait c'est la vie
Le repas c'est la réserve
L'aviande c'est le goût
"Le poème tamacheq"
---
Water is soul
Milk is life
Meal is reserve
Meat is taste
"Tuareg poem"

The first tea is bitter as life,
the second is strong like love,
and the third is sweet as death.

Tuareg proverb about mint tea
(there are various versions)

While doing fieldwork for cultural anthropology in the Sahara Desert, I came down with high malaria fever. At that time, a Tuareg boy nursed me while studying.