Those of you who live where every square foot of land is fenced and exploited may not believe it but there are vast tracks of open land in the third world. Sometimes it is the common property of villages or tribal peoples. When we camp in the wild, our driver simply looks for a track leading off the road into the emptiness. When we are out of sight of the road, they check the wind and position the truck accordingly. Cooking in the midst of blowing sand is almost harder than doing so in the rain despite a large kitchen fly we use to keep the elements out of our food.
Saharan horizons tend to appear infinite.
Only rocky outcroppings and the occasional black tent of a nomadic family disrupted the skyline. We spent the second night in the Todra Gorge where parts of Lawrence of Arabia was actually filmed. I was pleased to have the original movie soundtrack on tape with me. The third night was in a Berber village called Ait Benhaddou where my camera took a close look at mud architecture. I don't think it will work anywhere in the USA except maybe Death Valley.