the desert trip

As some of you may already know I went on the desert trip. I won't write too much. It was awesome although I missed the city atmosphere a lot! I discovered that I don't necessarily feel great when I'm out of the city for too long (but this is a topic for another post).

I enjoyed the desert trip a lot and I even enjoy it more now once it's finished :) Having seen the pictures you will probably say that I'm really strange to be complaining after such a wonderful trip. Probably, you are right. But it's just me. I don't regret though. It was an interesting experience.

The trip started on Sunday at 7 AM in Marrakesh. That day, we drove until Zagora passing casbah Ain-Benhaddou and Ouarzazate (the Moroccan Hollywood where movies like Gladiator were filmed). We rode the camels and slept the first night in the desert tent. The next day we drove to Merzouga near Erfoud (just 20 km from the Algerian border) where we also rode camels and slept in an even more beautiful desert than the night before. The third day, we were heading back to Marrakesh and we spent the night in a hotel somewhere between Ouarzazate and Efroud. On the fourth day we were back in Marrakesh and I took the train back to Rabat.

I'm uploading here the map (with the route marked red line) and my four favorite pictures (there is me on each of them:) There is more of them at picasa of course. Amusez-vous bien!