jandak

Updated: April 30, 2025

From a village called Jandak I set out with only two men and four camels, but we had to wait for four days on the edge of the salt desert because of rain. When rain falls in the Kevir the whole desert soon becomes a sea of slippery mud, and camels cannot walk without slipping and falling.

Sven Anders Hedin - From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People