The first night, then, I went to, sleep on the sand, a thousand miles from any human habitation.I was more isolated than a shipwrecked sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean.

• 第一个晚上，我就在这荒漠且渺无人烟的沙漠睡了一宿，这种情境，甚至比发生海难时，水手们乘坐救生艇，孤立无援在汪洋大海中漂荡还要难堪。