Desert, Serengheti, or the middle of nowhere?

In our guidebook about India we found a place run by an Austrian guy with very good reputation, so we decided to check it out and book a camel-safari with them. Helmut, the Austrian owner of the tiny hotel takes care of several orfants and subvents the local music community with the objective to preserve the old songs and history of the Bedouin tribes.
We went by Jeep 20 km into the countryside and from their rided on camels to some sand dunes. Actually the desert was reduced on a few sand spots, all the rest was an arid landscape with a similar vegetation like the Serengeti in Africa, I kept my eyes open to see lions, gnus, zebras or hyenas, but the only animals we spotted were goats, cows and eagles. Nevertheless we enjoyed the peace out there, the balanced and patient temper of the camels and the sometimes authentical songs sang by our guides. In the evening we collected a lot of wood -- whole trees which already were dead -- and made a nice camp fire. I got so hypnotized by the flames that I almost forgot to look into the sky with the stars closer than ever. It is incredible how may stars you can see, when there is no light source near by on the earth. When the moon came out, many stars lost their power and stepped back, while the moon illuminated the landscape around us.
We talked until late with our Bedouin-guides about Europe and how different our world is. When they heard that there exist unmarried couples and homosexuality their eyes became bigger and bigger ;) When the fire was consumed we went to sleep under the open sky, covered with several blankets, hoping that no animal (snakes, scorpions, shackles) would come to make us company while we sleep ;)