Aghbalou Ramlia Auberge
Travel Blogs from Merzouga
11-29---12-7-12
... the majority of the trip. About twenty minutes after waking up we stopped again. I thought we were in Merzouga and just assumed it had snowed and maybe I had the wrong idea about the desert (a mix of confusion at the climate and benedryl). No, no. The man across the aisle obviously saw that I thought we had arrived and assured me that we were in Midelt not Merzouga and still had 6 hours more to go. Now, I found this hard to believe for a number of reasons. #1. I knew ...
Rock the Kasbah-Journey to the Sahara
... with trees and flowers around.
Rory chilled out with the Moroccans watching the football, while I found a nice spot with my book.
Day 2 of our adventure started with a great morning. The sun streamed through into the gorge making the view from our room quite stunning.
We all jumped aboard the mini van and headed to a small town with a Jewish quarter. Our guide couldn’t explain to us how and when it became to be – it was ...
Sahara and Dunes
... well earned soup. I then spent the afternoon reading, relaxing and resting. Late afternoon, the sun came out and the view of the dunes were simply fantastic.
At dusk, we prepared some supper and the eight people who were at the camp site ate. I spent the rest of the evening, relaxing and thanking the maker for feeling better. What a difference a day makes!
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Velbloudí tour a noc na poušti
... jsme se po cestě těšily na sprchu, ale bohužel, netekla voda. Takže jsme si nechaly věci v pokoji, vzhledem k tomu, že zrovna neběžel generátor, spíš by se to dalo nazvat tmavým kutlochem s jedním velkým pelechem, a šly se mrknout na ten písek. Prolezly jsme pár dun, udělaly si pár fotek s krásně vybarveným saharským pískem, a asi po hodině jsme toho vedra měly dost, takže jsme se vrátily ...
Good looking camels...........!
... be setting sun. The shapes of the camels and their leg length looked so funny in the shadows, as we changed our position aside the sun!
Eventually we arrived and took position around a low table, where everyone chatted and attempted to pick up basic expressions of Arabic, Berber and Tuareg language. There soon followed a tagine of vegetables and meat, accompanied by the usual bread and plenty of tea. The moon was really full and bright, high up ...