Xaluca Bivouac La Belle Etoile
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On the road again....
Clearly expected to be the longest day in history, we were prepared for about 10-12 hours of travel between Fez and Erfoud with a number of stops along the way.
The travel through the Atlas Mountains and Ziz Valley were a welcome change to the dry, dusty, noisy cities. Cooler temperatures, phenomenal geologic wonders of landscape and …
Step 19: Where's the Beach?!?!
... it was staring directly at me. No other camel was looking except mine. "Oh Joy", I thought as my camel was plotting against me before I was even fully awake! I was the first to get onto my camel and it gave me a rough start, throwing me forward and my bag flying off the side. As we started walking, Petertosh was actually peaceful until half way through the ride. When we got back to the hotel where we got off of our camels, mine would not lay down. The ...
Evacuation
... for a week long transition conference where we would have to make some tough decisions about our futures. At first, most of the 97 volunteers who were evacuated from ***** thought they wanted to continue their Peace Corps service in another country but we were warned that there would not be many spots so we should start to consider plan b and plan c. Many of us started to wonder if we could commit ourselves to starting over in a new ...
A Night in the Desert
... all other life, which included our own bathroom with toilet, plus shower if we were insane enough to use it. But it also involved a three hour camel ride each way. We decided to go for the luxury option with one difference – our camels would be sent a couple of hours ahead of us and we would be driven in a 4x4 to meet them a little before sunset, then riding the camels the final hour of the way to the camp. In the morning we would be able to decide ...
Camels and Sand
... left and right as our heroic driver navigated the van down the road. It took nearly an hour, and was quite a bumpy ride, but we made it to the base lodge in one piece.
After storing our main packs - and donning our headscarves to keep away the sand and dust - we loaded up our overnight bags and climbed onto camels for the trek out to the desert camp. My camel's name was Alice (I wasn't feeling particularly creative, though ...
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