Everyone expects you to come back from Egypt with pyramid shots. I have them, but they feel like postcards I sent to someone else. The photos I keep going back to are just sand—no monuments, no crowds, just the kind of emptiness that makes you hear your own thoughts louder. I didn’t realize how much I needed that. The desert didn’t care about my bucket list or my camera angles. It was honest, indifferent, and weirdly comforting. Sometimes the best part of a trip is what you don’t plan for—the silence, the space, the moments you don’t post. #Travel #TravelHonesty #BeyondTheGuidebook