Dar Qamar Zagora

... marocains. Le jeudi matin nous sommes retournes au garage pour faire affaires. Resultat = notre galerie cassee + des croisillons + 10 tee shirts et 1300 dhs = une nouvelle galerie bonne affaire. c est apres que ca se complique il nous a rajoute des ressorts sur les suspensions arrieres et nous a regle un jeu sur les roues arrieres, il nous a fait que de la ***** le maroc c est comme la ...

... on we went on a "little hike". That ended up being a mix of canyoning, spelunking, and bad ass hiking through a canyon. We spent the night in a Berber hotel in a quiet little corner of the country. The next day we went to Todra Gorge, similar to the other but a little bigger. But the highlight, without a doubt, was going to Merzouga. That is where the Sahara begins. We rode camels out for two hours into ...

... in my two blankets, warm as toast. I loved the sound of the winds, so so intense, they soothed me to sleep, and when they awoke me in the night, it was sharp, like I wanted to be awake because there was something so exciting outside. With no idea what time it was, and whether it was ...

... of tiny craft stalls. One thing I have learnt over my short time on this planet, is that with snow must come snowball fights, especially when your mother is such an easy target. What was that about being no snow in Africa this Christmas? Pffffft, snowballs to that! Before long we ...

... clambouring around the desert. It was a great way to take in some more of the area and topped off the tour. When we got back to the camp we gave the four wheel drive a push start and headed back to MHamid. Stoked that we had spent a bit extra to venture all the way out to Erg Chigaga we thanked the guides for the wonderful experience and jumped in a small van heading towards the coast. It took us an hour to Ourzazate. ALon,g the way I couldnt help but notice ...

Two days/one night in the desert was not enough! When we do this again, in a different part of the Sahara, it will be for a much longer period of time. Our return to Zagora was late afternoon. We cleaned up in our rooms and had enough time to have a cold beer ( oh, and it should be duly noted that Zagora was the first place we were able to find alcohol in Morocco!) before we were escorted by Youness to a relative's ...

... the station I knew I was in trouble. As we tried to get comfortable the bus just kept rocking back and forth from side to side as the bus driver sped through hairpin turns on cliff side roads (Thank the Lord I was not aware how cliff side we were until the drive back in daylight two days later). This is not an exaggeration, I thought a madman was driving and then I was paranoid that he would fall asleep at the wheel. So after ...

... a tour (on camel) of the desert and slept outside under the stars. The sky there is so clear since there was very little pollution and artificial lighting,you could see everything. The camel driver, Hami, even showed me where mars was and at night we climbed to the highest dune in the pitch dark and just sat there looking at the sky. It was so fun. Things here are going well, its the last week of school and things are winding down. The people at the program are all really ...

... of medina, or Islamic city, often with high walls and used for defensive purposes. - For an explanation see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasbah). Here, we had to cross a river by stepping on sandbags. There were a few young boys offering to help people cross, but it soon became evident that their service was for a fee. Up to the entrance, there was someone with a hand-made sign requesting an entrance fee. Glenn managed to get a student discount rate, even though we were in the middle ...

... of Hannah's newly discovered talent for tarot thrown in. We spent a whole afternoon reading the cards and answering questions for the people at the Kazbah (that is until the cards picked up something about the boss' mistress which didn't go down too well!) and trying to figure out what the future holds for each of us. All in all, being out there was very surreal and peaceful.... that is until a little ...