Within minutes we left the last human developments behind us, and we rolled for hours that first evening past desert scrub of acacia and gum trees and comically steepled termite hills.

• 几分钟之内我们就把有人居住的地区抛到了后面，傍晚的几个小时里，我们经过的沙漠中可以看见洋槐和橡胶树丛，还有怪模怪样的尖塔形白蚁树。