netllama
Observer
This is so amazing. I was just reading about the western sahara area and then stumble across this.
I am fascinated by the water situation. I read about wells and how there are wells manned by people, I believe? How deep are these wells?
Are there any modern day houses or like, compounds built in the middle of these deserts? I know it sounds stupid but I always wondered if there were some millionaires out there building remote desert compounds with their own private wells, solar panels, helicopter landing pads, etc? Like the kind of stuff you see in movies......
None of the wells that I saw had anyone 'manning' them. Some were near villages, where I guess someone might be caring for them, but nothing had a dedicated person.
I never saw any modern architecture outside of the larger towns & cities. Doesn't mean it didn't exist, but seems unlikely that anyone with a lot of money would want to be living somehwere with a very high cost of living. It would be extremely expensive to manage logistics, not to mention having to run a generator (and get fuel) all the time just for power.