Mountains! Gorges! Deserts! Oh My!

Just got back from by tour. Wow. We drove through the Atlas moutains, stopped and hiked through the Dades Gorges and the Todra Gorges and finished the trip with an overnight camel ride into the Sahara Desert near Merzouga (small town just south of Erfoud).


On the road again, can't wait to get back on the road again


Berber town

The ride into the desert was quite an experience. This part of the Sahara is famous for its massive sand dunes...a lot of hollywood movies (like The Mummy) are shot here. It's really hard to explain the experience...but the desert makes you feel really small. The whole time, i was fascinated by the dune patterns...the tops of dunes, create perfect lines that span hundreds of meters. We slept in a berber camp overnight...very cool. I must say, im very impressed with the Camel. Great animal, so much calmer than a horse. The highlight of the trip was climbing a huge sand dune (i estimate about 150m) and then running barefoot down the backside (shawn, ala mt. st. helens but much much longer) as a small avalanche of sand followed behind. Next time, im bringing my snowboard!


Must...climb...higher