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Into the desert
... but eventually the lush, green landscape succumbed to the dry, brown, rocky landscape once again. Although, in my opinion, the oasis provided much more beautiful surroundings, on our way to the dunes, we came across just as many villages and people that call the dry, rocky desert home - making the most out of the few resources that it provides - fossils and minerals. These villages had a certain appeal to themselves. Although ...
An explosion of Moroccan fun in the Arabian dunes
... and could joke in any language. They spoke Arabic, Berber, Korean, English, Spanish, French and they all knew each other because they were all taking a class together in Japanese. The Moroccans, all from Casablanca, were good friends and never stopped ribbing each other. But it was all in good humor, there was no note of sarcasm or true insult. Even the ethnic slurs were done in a way to inspire a comeback but not to raise ire of any kind. What our girls observed was ...
Velbloudí tour a noc na poušti
10.11.2011
V autobuse jsme mezi místňáky nemohly zůstat nepovšimnuty, takže ještě v noci nám přišel nějaký kluk nabídnout výlet do pouště. Přesvědčil nás, že bude lepší vystoupit v Erfoudu, a jet na Merzougy odtud... Bylo brzy ráno, a mladík nám nabídl, že než vyrazíme, můžeme dospat v domě jeho rodiny, takže jsme časně zrána navštívily i ...
Good looking camels...........!
... 8217; we had to take up our place in the queue, we were waved thro’ quickly. The landscape was changing again with haphazard appearances of orange sand, followed by a more crazed filtering of colours, including a darker ochre. There were small, flat, table-top mountains in sandstone – perfectly flat, with evergreens in the foreground! It was so totally isolated, in an otherwise flat, valley floor.
Near a small town called Zaita, ...
Two marathon finnish lines in the desert
... it's so important that we help out as individuals too. Every Ł10 that's given is going to translate into alot of extra resources in a refugee camp like Dadaab in the next few weeks. So many more people will get simple cheap immunisations or urgent rehydration sachets or even extra places for the marathon completees that are being turned away today. So please give what you can to sponser the other travel marathon at : http://www.justgiving.com/travelmaratho ...


