Le Chevalier Solitaire Merzouga

... an uncannily dreamlike sensation. And then it started raining. Which was... weird. And we had to eat in the tent. But by the time we w**e done it had stopped.

Abdul and anoth** guy broke out the drums. We all dragged our mattresses outside adn stared up at the sky while they played. It was absolutely beautiful. Soft and comforting. Mesmorizing. Th**e was a cool breeze. They had turned out the lant**ns so it was totally dark.

And then they ...

Drove 8 hours south through an ever changing landscape to Merzouga. Fascinating drive as we went through green farmland to the snowcapped Atlas mountains to a rocky plain then green palm oasis then finally to the edge of the Sahara Desert. Stayed in a ...

... and water for grazing and they set up temporary tents in the locations. They can cover considerable distances seasonally and use the goats for warmth and food. This family had a few herds of goats of all ages and the children each had jobs of caring for the goats and fetching water from a nearby river using a donkey. The family had two larger tents for shelter but they were more like just shades than shelters. They also had two small shacks made from straw hay for ...

... various people came down with Ann's dreaded cold lurgy. Typically we were now travelling over bumpy roads which did nothing for my queasy stomach and exhausted body which was crying out for sleep. After a while we stopped at Rissani for an hour but I felt too ill to explore and wandered round to the rear of the coach, once everyone had got off, to empty the final contents of my stomach into a Sainsbury's carrier bag. My illusion that I was alone was shattered when I ...

This weekend I embarked on a school organized trip (with a very high school feel...) down to the Saharan desert (right near the border with Algeria)... We stayed at ritzy hotels and rode camels in the desert and slept in tents in the desert... Nice thing though was that, due to the large group, we got some very nice discounts on accomodations...both hotels (one we stayed at and one we left our stuff there overnight while we were in the ...

... required to get the job I want on my return. There was Kawasaki from Japan, Mina and Celine from France (Mina with Moroccan Berber heritage) and two Dutch and two American guys travelling as a quartet having met as students. Curously, we also had the boss' plumpish 14y.o. son along for the ride too as possibly some form of multi day daycare. Along the entire southern border of Morocco runs the High Atlas mountains, and we climbed quickly into these. The ...

... instead of getting upset, we all began hysterically laughing. Here we were in the middle of the Sahara desert, in a strange city where we did not speak the language, with no hotel signs in site. But all we could manage to do was laugh. Everything turned out to be ok. After a short drive through the dirt and sand, we finally saw a tiny broken sign leaning unassumingly against a plain mud structure. We had found our Kasbah! From the ...

This place is just so amazing, worth the long long mini bus ride here. a few stop overs on the way, a kasbah were gladiator and lawerence of arabia was filmed, another berber carpet sellers house, many coffee stops, some nice mountain views and gorges. made it on day two at 5pm to the actual desert. it is a indescribable place so here are only a few words about the magic Sahara desert, it almost felt ...

... I both agreed later, however, that the most beautiful views of the desert were those right outside our window from our palace room. Spent the day driving across the desert, sometimes through sand, at others across rocks, dirt, gravel, and marveled at the landscapes, stopping along the way for pictures, lunch cooked on an open fire in the middle of nowhere and a cup of tea in the small adobe hut/house of a nomadic family. It is amazing to see how these people ...

... We met up with the girls and the guide and told each other about our experiences.. I think Prashant and mine was a bit funnier and more entertaining .. its not every day you get to tell nomads that you're sick then give them water and bread.. that day i felt i had found my calling.. feeding native nomads .. anyway.. From Midelt we travelled down to Merzouga on the edge of the Sahara, which was around 36 degrees in the shade. We were still feeling pretty sick and the ...