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| Sahara |
A drive from the Middle Atlas, over the high Atlas, through the longest valley, Valley de Ziz, and a stop at the Oufous Oasis where the most beautiful dates come from. The nomads live in the high country during the summer, taking their animals to the green pastures every day and corralling them in the evening near the camp, where they live in tents.The women walk to the nearest spring in the morning with water containers to collect water for the day. In October they move back to the lower country. Abdulah told us about Algiers and how you can not cross the border into Algiers from Morocco. In the desert it is monitored by satellite.
Lunch was a beautiful Moroccan salad, meatball tangine and fruit for dessert. Lovely food here, very fresh and healthy.
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| Getting ready to hop on |
This morning it was foggy and quite fresh, I think due to the altitude. We crossed the High Atlas at 2000 metres. By lunchtime all the cloud had lifted and we were up to 32 degrees again. Finally, finally, after a very warm and long drive, and the excitement mounting in the van, we arrived at Auberge Yasmina, our 'base' where we are leaving our luggage and re-packing to just take what we need overnight. There is a pool, so a blissfully refreshing dip, then it was time to head over to the camels!
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| This is great! |
It was everything I hoped and more. So cool, a trail of us on the camels. Slowly and steadily, a beautiful sunset while we're riding through the Sahara. Camp was an arrangement of 6 tents, 4 of us per tent. A huge climb up a hill to get an amazing view, and back to camp when it had just got dark. Dinner, mint tea, drum music by some locals, and gazing at the night sky, stars don't get clearer than this. We slept under the stars, the tents were so hot and the evening was mild. What a special night.
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| Sunset |
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