Les Portes du Desert
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Two womens, camels, and Berber drum circle
Woke up to yet another gorgeous Moroccan sunrise (will I ever get tired of this?), and headed over to a palmery. Along the way we paused for a moment at a turn in the road, and some random guy in an orange turban opened the door, jumped on the bus, yelled "As salaam alaikum!" with a giant grin. For a good 10 seconds everyone on the bus was kind of horrified - did we just pick up a hitch hiker? Who the hell is this guy?? - after a minute, Muhammed realized we ...
Rock the Kasbah-Journey to the Sahara
... we all slept outside under a beautiful canopy of stars. I don’t think we have ever seen so many stars on such a clear night before.
Before we left our camp the following morning, we all watched the sun rise over the dunes, which was amazing apart from the early start! With sore bums we welcomed the shorter camel trek back to our minivan, where we met our driver for a 12 hour drive back to Marrakech, with all of us thinking about much needed showers. ...
Amazing Sand Dunes, Less than Amazing Village
... sand dunes.
Finally, the day took a turn for the better. Our camels seemed relatively happy and our guide was very personable. We headed straight up the big Erg Chebbi sand dunes. Once we reached a certain point, Hassan helped us off of the camels and we made a final barefoot steep climb to the top of one of the largest dunes...at this points our legs were angry for the afternoon desert trek, But the views were nothing less ...
Desert of the Big Dune, Sahara Desert
... I have seen in my life. The pictures I took do not give it justice, but enjoy them just the same.
2. Take a camel ride in the Sahara desert. This was definitely a once in a lifetime experience for me. I never realized how huge camels were before this trip! (And might I add, smelly). But nonetheless Bob Marley and I got along smashingly, and voyaged a couple of miles across the Sahara to the "Big Dune." ...
Good looking camels...........!
... a different desert landscape in the early morning light. The rose-gold hues of the previous day were no doubt caressing other peaks, since the new day brought a cream and yellow glow to the Sahara floor. The sunrise was pleasant and welcoming and I visited our camels for a chat and a stroke. One had clearly taken a shine to me the previous day and he/she was as daft and as docile as any pet, this following morning, but there was no time for too much ...
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