Chez Le Pacha
Travel Blogs from Zagora
Sharif monument, library, and pottery
... we spent a few minutes in the square while some of the girls went shopping. Naturally, Shannon found a kid with a soccer ball and and got to play a little while we waited.
- Assistance Clubs (or as they are known on our bus, Ass Clubs) are public assistance organizations. Some examples are the King's wife (known not as a queen, but rather a princess... weird...) is involved in ...
Ab in die Wüste
... das, was untergehen will und sich heute nur selten gezeigt hat. Schöner roter Schein über Wüstensand. Das nächste Biwakcamp in ca. 300 m Entfernung leuchtet genauso wie eine Karawane Touristen, die in Ferne vorüberziehen. Nun wir ausufernd gespeist und geplaudert – im Zelt. Wäre es wärmer, könnte man die Natur mehr genießen. Doch selbst im Zelt komme ich zum Frösteln. Kalt ist es, als wir um 22 Uhr uns zum Schlafen legen und drei Decken über uns ...
Zigazagaah
The journey across the mountains was spectacular in every way, the scenery of the rocky and dusty landscape that reached out seemingly to the edge of the world was awe inspiring, roads that curved around the steep rocky forms that projected from the earth, steep drops leading down into ravines that once had carried winter streams through them but were now long dried up in the intense heat, through tiny villages with smoky roadside grills cooking up fresh ...
Endless Beauty
... something everyone should put themselves through, the sheer panic of the unknown- it was hilarious. Then it was Tasha's turn, and my camels head was pretty much in line with Tasha's horse, so I was a bit worried about what my camel would do, as Tasha was put through the same ordeal. I say ordeal, it really wasn't, it was a great start to our hour and a half camel journey through the desert.
Anyone who has read my previous travel blogs in Bolivia about my terrible ...
Arabian Nights
... and quickly hoisted up on to the massive creatures. They gurgled and uttered Chewbacca-esque groans before rising up on their spindly and calloused legs. My trusty Mahmoude was at the front of the pack, followed by Salome, Mr. Udd (the distant Berber cousin of Mr. Ed perhaps?), Bobo, Mnash, Myrtle and others all connected by a long rope.
The Berber guides led us into the desert as the sun-flared sky faded from blue to yellow to pink, the silhouettes of ...