Topic 5

If you are lost in Sahara and could make a wish. What is your wish?

Losing in Sahara would really be a terrible thing which I have never been before, if I got it. Sahara is known as one of the hugest waterless desert in the World. For existence in such a large dry land, a necessary thing could not be without is water. So, if giving me a wish, I would wish for appearing a large lake to exist and a balloon full of gas to quit there out.

First of all, I need the lake to supply water for life. This is not only to me, also to every victims who are in the same case with me and the local citizen around there. For example, with a wide lake, it is really a helpful resource of water for the walkers who spend hours under heat of the sun and hot sand of desert. Furthermore, through the lake, services would be increased such as restaurant, hotel, market, etc to provide products, goods for social demands of citizen and tourisms. Additionally, the lake would contribute in improving the severe climate here. The lake also means the appearance of plants, trees, they create a green and cool environment surround the lake and ideal where the walker stop journeys for minutes.

Secondly, I wish a balloon full of gas to pass across the desert to back home. Balloon is really interesting kind of transportation I have never got before and I thinks it is a suitable way for this case because in such the case, there are not means of transportation more appropriate than balloon. For example, you have a plane, but Sahara desert has not any runway for taking off, you have strong automobile, but you sure that you could hold on steering wheel steadily under the horrible heat of sunshine in such the desert as Sahara? They are not really good ideas for the long journey. The advantage of using balloon can be identified clearly. Balloon can be took off from just one side on the land, no more than a runway with a plane. Balloon does not touch surface of land, so the heat of desert sand can not hurt you, and more, balloon can take advantage of wind to move itself more quickly, saving a quite fuel.

Finally, to survive on Sahara desert I would just vote for a lake and a balloon. The lake for bringing resource of water back to the life and the balloon for saving me myself.