We've begun a trek across the desert- it’s a long story. So
far, it’s been a bit unsettling. There are so many structures out in the middle
of nowhere; this area must have been inhabited at some point. Some of the
buildings have obviously been burnt out, others just look like they've been
reclaimed by the desert after people abandoned them. Who would want to live in
the middle of an arid desert? I wonder if this used to be a lush area that
slowly dried up and forced people to leave in search of water and fertile
ground.
One thing does bother me quite a bit, though. On all of the
buildings, there are strange markings. Sometimes they seem to be layered like
too many people had messages to write, and not enough space. It does appear to
be language of some sort, but there’s no way for us to decipher it. And it’s in
all kinds of colors, too! Pinks and blues, and of course black. Some just look
like scribbles, but others truly are works of art. I wonder what the
civilization was like that lived here.
