Ummm…Is there room for one more at the back?

Imagine yourself standing bare feet on the hot burning sand under the scorching sun in the middle of Sahara Desert and you are waiting for your transport to take you home. What comes in front of your sight is no mirage but a transport of some sort that you can’t seem to figure out because it is moving under a heap of people and bags on top.

Now to your despair, the vehicle in disguise to take you home is already loaded with over hundred fellow commuters and you have to somehow maneuver your way up on top of the heap to reach your destination. I am sure this would make you realize that commuting via Sahara Desert is not as pleasant as a desert safari you might have in mind.

However, this is a normal routine for an army of migrant workers from some of Africa’s poorest states who come to perform menial job for their living all the way to oil-rich Libya and then go back home on these fully loaded lorries via the ancient spice caravan routes over a hundred miles to Niger and Mali. The hellish trip crossing the Sahara Desert in temperatures of up to 35 degree centigrade can last for two to three weeks.

Have a look at this image and it will only make millions of us realize how tough is life for many of our fellow humans to make a living yet nothing stops these tough men to commute in such torturous conditions only to make both ends meet for their families. Hats off to all of them!