Burning Man began in 1986, and now takes place each year in Nevada on what is called "the playa", the remnant of a 13,000 year old lake which is now a massive, flat, dusty, surface with extreme weather conditions and no life whatsoever.
It's not easy to describe what Burning Man is, as it is an experience unique unto itself. It has been called "one of the most important cultural phenomena to emerge from contemporary America"; and I fully agree. The Burning Man website describes the event as a "temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and radical self-reliance" . This was not an understatement.
I was there. It was amazing.
