Next Stop, Timbuktu
From the moment we left the coastal areas of Morocco, the dryness and the heat of the African continent penetrated into every pores of our body. Miles of dunes unfolded before our eyes as we headed towards Ouarzazate. After our brief excursion at the film studios, Nanxin drove us to Zagora, the camp site where we checked in before our wander through the Sahara desert. This peculiar sign welcomed us inside the town. Apparently, it takes fifty-two days to walk or ride on a camel up to Timbuktu, Mali. We set a goal on achieving this trek the moment when the Moroccan-Algerian border will open again.
Sahara Desert
Picture of our guide and our camels resting during our scalding escapade through the largest sand desert in the world!
We rested after a long day of walking while watching the sun set behind the dunes. (The other tourists in our group were curious, they thought we were taking a picture of them.)
Crossing the Desert
Our walk through the desert was going well. It was beautiful, sunny, and of course, very hot. However, a sandstorm started leaping at us violently. We had to wait quite a while for it to stop. Good thing we bought scarves back in Marrakech to hide our orifices! Nobody was harmed and we were able to get back to the base camp safely and continue our trip.
Visited on April 7th to April 10th 2017
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