Journey into the Moroccan Sahara

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

MOROCCO | Monday, 14 January 2013 | Views [249] | View Larger Image

At the beginning of the journey, buildings are present on one side even as small dunes litter the other horizon. As the Berber guides direct the camels, they joke in broken Arabic with the student travelers.

The journey into the Moroccan part of the Sahara begins just outside of Merzouga, and the Berber guides assist the travelers in mounting the tethered camels in groups of five.

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Slowly the group makes its way into the desert, leaving behind buildings for numerous rolling dunes of increasingly size. As the camels instinctually follow the camel in front of them, one guide leaves his grouping behind another to veer off and blaze his own side path.

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Journey into the Moroccan Sahara

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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