Kasbah Ennasra Rissani

... experience.
Especially when you are accompanied by an expert and sensitive guide
whose family have lived here for generations. A guide who also just
happens to be an excellent cook, and will prepare traditional dishes
freshly for you using local ingredients. That’s Hassan. You can find
out more about him here.
Whether you want to ...

... and smiles. They poured me tea and had made cookies and cakes. She showed me her Wedding pictures and I showed her my photo album of my family. We hooked my camera up to the TV and watched the photos of my trip so far as a slideshow. His mother and father were very excited. They fed us salad and tajine. Then the sisters dressed me in a traditional wedding dress. It was so much fun!!! Enjoy the pictures.

... but most were desperate by this point for a way to breathe through the sand that was being kicked up. We also loaded up on water at this point, grabbed a blanket, and picked out our mode of transportation. The camels were already waiting for us, lying down, and loaded up. One by one, the 10 of us mounted the camels, they then stood up, and began the 2 hour walk into the sahara. by this time it was probably 6pmish. We arrived at the perfect time to ...

... campsite from a lower, more manageable dune. The sun rising over the desert was magnificent as suddenly the distant shadowy shapes morphed into clearly visible different size and shaped sand dunes. We headed back barefoot on our camels - taking Iain's excellent advice. It was a perfectly still morning with an electric blue sky. Some breakfast and a shower to dislodge the sand from all the places it had ventured (and I mean all the places) to then begin the long, long drive back to Marrakech.

... through village, then out into the fields, irrigation system is diverted rived flowing in channels around every field. If they need the water they just did a hole in the bank of the channel and flood the field for a few hours, then shore it back up. Really good in such a dry place, BUT when you are trying to walk through the fields it is hard to have to keep jumping these channels. Nearly fell in a few, had to balance on a log to get over them ...

... showing his army ID badge so that guy got up and left. He was really weird and started taking photos of Claire and ging through his ringtones and attempting to talk to us although he didnt speak English. I started to feel really ill on the way down as my stomach started hurting but i just assumed it was travel sickness. By the time we arrived i felt like i had a bad hangover but it had been a really long day. When we eventually did get off the ...

... we hopped on didnīt smell nearly as bad as the ones I remember at Wellington Zoo. But...they do slobber, spit, burp and ****...a lot! The camel behind Nathan was very fond of him (not that I blame her of course) and gave him a "special souvenir", a very large drool mark on his pants. After about an hour of tranquil camel riding into the desert punctuated with plenty of ...

Our auberge was literally built out of the desert. Apparently, any part of the desert that you reclaim becomes part of your property. Consequently, the industrious family that owned our auberge was working hard to expand their establishment. We watched in fascination as the workers toiled under the relentless sun constructing walls by hand, out of a basic clay made from the desert sand that surrounded us. The heat of the sun baked the ...

... the desert - Morocco's only genuine Saharan "erg" (huge drifting expanse of sand) - in the fast-retreating sun, the glow creating a beautiful golden light on the desert sand and the most magnificent long shadows. Unfortunately, Arlene and Yuri were not feeling well enough to come along; Jody, as well, decided to stay behind. Riding a camel is not that different from riding a horse, just a little slower. They plodded along, the tail of each animal tethered to the muzzle of the next ...

... I just try to help. (I'm close, very close, what could close the deal? Hmmm. I think it's time to use the "I nailed a white broad" card. They can't help but stay at my hotel once they know that) "My girlfriend is from Canada. Here, look at my pictures". We slept nearly the entire 10 hour overnight journey to Rissani, waking up at sunrise in a vast landscape of red desert. Kind of a shock, really, but it wasn't long before even that took a backseat as the ...