Auberge Camping Sahara Merzouga

... to this part of the country is Camel trekking, We were late and needed to be on some camels to trek out in the desert that night, but the guide said we would never find the place without him. Was he right ! At one point we were in the middle of a stretch of desert and I mean desert, no road, driving about 50 km/hr and there was nothing on the horizon, you really needed GPS and a compass! <br><br>Anyway good chap that he was, we arrived at a desert ...

... a full-blown acky head cold. <br><br>So... though I'd only planned on perhaps the one overnight on the camel in the desert, I (wisely) opted to simply grab a comfy hotel and pamper myself all that first day. Could have gone out on the camel that night, but I (did I mention, wisely?) instead opted to wait until the following day so as to make sure I was feeling good whence experiencing my Sahara dream.<br><br ...

... wore black veils and robes - and that was close to the desert so must've been SO hot! I just can't imagine. We went through another where many wore white veils. There isn't a one-size-fits-all for how the women dress in rural Morocco - they're all conservative but the colors and styles seem to vary somewhat by towns and some are more extreme than others. <br><br>We arrived at the Merzouga Dunes around 4:30pm on ...

... and sell cigarettes to him for us. We ask about medicine men and natural remedy supplies...... scarab beetle just crawled on my foot........ We share some Zamete dessert that is made from wheat, almonds, honey and sesame seeds. Inshallah is added to the end of nearly all the sentences, there has been alot of hash moked this night w suspect. I think the owner is a little bored because he chain smokes and doesnt want us to leave. But we do, taking a little bag of gifted ...

... on Monty's roof rack under the star, but both the noise of the wind and the sand it blows everywhere keep me awake for a long time...good, so I can watch at the millions of bright stars in the dark sky, but after a while I'm just annoyed, bundle myself inside the duvet and try to sleep. In conclusion, it was a great experience! Seriously, however hard was to cope with wind, sun, and sand, the few ...

... must be the same people who think wheat fileds are beautifull. Riding a camel around was starting to sound silly and fun, though! As it turns out, there's a reason that the standard camel trek doesn't actually have you on the camel for more than a couple hours. Riding a camel isn't really all that much fun--just vaguely uncomfortable and kind of demeaning since you don't so much ride the ...

... avoiding eye contact with anyone else (after all we were in this guy's home) and trying to determine the best opportunity to leave. In the end, he managed to sell 2 carpets (despite himself) to one of the US guys who was ecstatic with his purchases of a combined EUR250 as he said in the US they would have cost closer to US$1,000 each. As we drove closer to the Sahara we stumbled along a confusing terrain of craterous moonscape. It looked man-made but we ...

... has by chance skirted around the High Atlas and just through the Middle Atlas. 100km/h, honest officer, but a long time in the saddle starts putting strain on legs, neck and back. Now sitting on a bike for such a long period of time, and its hard for some kind of relationship not to forge. On a journey like this, a bike is many things - a provider; a companion, a saviour and often our reason just for being here. But today it becomes a mobile yoga studio ...

Had to wake up early as hell again, breakfast at 7, leave at 7:30. We head farther East, then South, farther into the mountains. The cliffsides are still as amazing as yesterday. Maybe more so in the early morning light. I find it hard not to think of V, we had talked about doing this together. Shut up, Greg... The rocks are lit beautifully, the dark shade in sharp contrast to the warm glow of the sun on the red ...

... could be shown them 'on a floor with no other rugs on it', which is actually a ploy to separate customers. Dave too was taken elsewhere to be shown another. I remained behind casually sitting on a couch telling the owner how I was travelling for a year and had little money for such extravegances, showing little interest. I saw one I liked, and said 'I like that one', thinking that the meagre amount I had to offer was never going to be close to acceptable. Minutes later I ...