Our camel train made it to the top of the dunes about 20 minutes before the sunset-- the first of several groups-- and we sat at the top to enjoy the show. After the sun set, we headed on to our camp about 20 minutes down from the summit, among the dunes. The tents had walls and floors of Berber rugs, several camp beds in each, and a bunch of blankets on each bed. It gets really cold once the sun goes down!!! There was also a dining tent, where we had a tajine that was heavy on the veggies, and sliced oranges with cinnamon for dessert. A Spanish family brought bottles of wine with them. Forward thinkers! After dinner there was a campfire with many songs. Everyone was prevailed upon to sing a song from his or her country; as we were the only Americans, Alex suggested Happy Birthday, but one of Moroccans announced an American song and sang a Justin Beiber song (which Alex correctly identified as "Canadian" rather than "American". ) The Berbers played and sang many songs, all with more enthusiasm than the guys in the village earlier in the day. After the fire, Alex and I went out into the dunes, with practically zero ambient light and no moon, and we watched the stars. It was just magical. Our guide Mustafa was with us, and he told us all about his life with a nomad family who "came in" when the kids needed to go to school, and they sold their goats and camels and moved into a house. But he kept one camel that he raised from a baby, and it's more like a pet to him now. It was certainly a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Here's another slide show:
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4/11/2017 04:14:38 pm
Nice camel shadow shot in image #21!
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Marcie StutzmanTeacher, Researcher, Adventurer, Explorer; Maybe crazy; Possibly too old for this Archives
October 2018
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