Travel & Outdoors · 2 parts
Desert Stars
A British traveller joins a camel trek across the Merzouga dunes after a bad breakup. Her guide, Adam, is the only one who can make her laugh about it.
The Desert Trek
Travel & Outdoors · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A three-day desert trek in Wadi Rum, a guide who knows every rock by its nickname and a night sky nobody has described correctly. A warm, golden two-part travel romance of red sand, sweet tea and enormous stars.
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“The Desert Trek” is a Travel & Outdoors story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 4 minutes of reading in total. Every character is 18 or older and every encounter is consensual. Start with Part 1 and use the Next part button at the end of each part, or pick a part from the list below.
- Part 1: Red Sand. Imogen books a three-day desert trek in Wadi Rum. Faris, the guide, tells her that the rocks have names, the stars have opinions and the sand is a very good listener.
- Part 2: The Stars of Rum. On the last night the camp is a circle of blankets and the sky is a river of stars. Under the Milky Way, with sage tea and a long silence, Imogen and Faris speak.
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