http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Morocco , Mekn s Tafilalet , Merzouga en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:05:49 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:05:49 UTC We appologize that we haven't written for the last few days. Mom and I have both been pretty sick and no easy way to blog. My seven year record of no puking flew out the window yesterday... hopefully that means I will be good for another seven yearsWe ventured off into the high dunes in Merzouga for a trek with the camels and we had a great time. We watched the sun set as we slowly made our w http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-338375.html 10 Sep an all day drive through the spectacular scenery of the Middle Atlas and High Atlas mountains as well as the cedar forests before arriving on the edge of the sand dunes of the Sahara Desert in the village of Merzouga. En route we stop to see a pack of hungry and extremely lazy monkeys on the roadside.By the time we checkin to our auberge and climb the sand dune behind our rooms we hav http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-325895.html Here are some short videos that I took from my camera in Morocco... http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-304356.html Who would have thought that it'd be hot in Africa's Sahara Desert in the summer Somewhere somehow Peter and I neglected that minor detail when we set off with our little rented Renault. Holding tight to our budget we also neglected to investigate the car rental personnel's look of curiosity when we said 'no' to the more expensive car with AC. It's difficult to explain how hot 50 is but t http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-293593.html It was a fun experience sleeping in a tent in the desert and the optimists in us say that not too many people will have slept through rain in the desert however we were both glad that we were only there one night. We woke to our alarm at around six and we dressed hastily in order to catch the sunrise. We were a bit annoyed that our guide didn't wake us but it didn't actually matter because it was http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-251110.html We woke this morning and waited with another English guy for the hotel owner to take us to a minibus which would take us to the desert. The minibus was massively overloaded with things on top and inside the bus. There were also twelve of us getting a lift but being the only westerners we were stuck on a bench at the back of the minibus.We were dropped off at what we were told was Hasi Labied but w http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-251106.html I like to think I got to the Sahara Well I'm not a long way from it. Erg Chebbi has plenty to offer and is much more than just an intro to the desert experience beautiful fine golden sand the highest dunes in Morocco friendly accommodation...It was worth it delaying my trip from Todra to come to Merzouga with Rosa Jorge and Abdul. After getting my bike's wheels stuck on the track and splitti http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-233512.html Woke up early in the morning for the sunrise. Was disappointed with the view of the sun rise guess I was expecting something different again all what I saw was the sun rising from a dune and then saw the sun rising from another dune it was really useless. I think whatrsquos important is to see the sun rise from the horizon and thats not what I saw.I kept walking up a dune and noticed there were http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-228610.html I woke up around 8am and took a shower. Had mint tea and had a chat with the owners son. I said what I can afford is Dhm550. He said the lowest is 650 and then after bargaining it became 600 and then I said come on I am a student from Sri Lanka I donrsquot have much money and that he wouldnrsquot have to spend much money on food because I'm vegetarian and lets do this for 550. He said let me g http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-228602.html The guy at the reception told me that there is a tour for 2 nights 3 days where they did the two gorges near Tenehir and the Marzhouga desert which was costing Dhm1050 or Dhm850 without a camel ride. The French couple was doing it and they required a 3rd person. Even though I heard from the French couple yesterday that they had met travellers who said it was good I felt the price was a little stee http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-228551.html It has been a whirlwind of activity since the last post. We finished up our Sociology and Arabic courses with a pretty brutal final exam in Arabic and a quite lax one for Sociology. We spend the previous weekend studying and making last minute stops to shops interesting sites and Marjanemdasha very large supermarket that gave us a little slice of the huge supermarket scene we were accustomed http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-214557.html You know when you are at the edge of the Saraha desert. The sand dunes seems to rise up out of nowhere and there are camels waiting all lined up waiting for you Getting on a camel is a b305t of a balancing act but once you are up there it is a very cool experience. We headed out about an hour before sunset and as we headed out to the camp the colors of the sand change from yellow to orang http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-189831.html while sipping our mint tea and brainstorming our next destination we met a spaniard emilio the great who too was touring much of the world. he was nice enough to share his thoughts on seeing the high atlas mountains of morocco and the world famous sahara desert. it took all of two minutes for us to redirect our compass to eastern morocco. due to perilous cliffs on either side of usthe twisti http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-183910.html Leaving Fez early in the am for the journey west through the Atlas mountains into the Sahara desert. The mountain scenery in Morocco looks more like the Western US with lots of dramatic red rocks and sparse greenery and long windy roads against cliff faces. That morning we had 5 hours driving and most of the group were hopped up on Immodium while I just had 4 bananas it essentially does the sa http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-182762.html 313 May Slowly by bus I started to make my way down through the moountains and deserts to the outoftheway little town of Merzougha which doesn't have a lot to offer except that is sits on the edge of the Sahara sand dunes. This took me from the pretty Berber town of Azrou on to another not as pretty Berber town called Midelt and then to Erfoud and finally to Merzhouga. This travel is all b http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-162698.html Just back from my trekking trip Morocco has amazing landscapes.. in one day went from warm lowlands to high mountains to snowcapped views. Then the next day on a camel in the Sahara Most of the trip spent on the 4x4 so it was a little boring. It was a nice group though met many people and learned many things They gave me lots of advice on my ongoing trip as well all those people hav http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-150967.html Le dsert en apparence dsert ne lrsquoest pas. On y trouve toutes sortes de cratures des qui rampent des qui piquent des qui nagent des qui ronflent et drsquoautres comme ce renard aux grandes oreilles qui bien sur a un nom mais que je nrsquoarrive pas me souvenir .Ceux qui se souviennent du Petit Prince lrsquoauront reconnu comme lrsquoun des personnages de rve de ce li http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-126577.html Plusieurs d'entre vousJ.C.judith Ghislain et Be ...nous avez fait part de vos problmes recevoir nos blogs et messages. Selon nos informations il y aurait des problmes avec le serveur de Travelblog. On nous dit qu'ils auraient rgl le problme en changeant de soustraitant. Si a ne marche pas dites le nous et surtout continuer de nous crire nous apprcions BEAUCOUP. http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-124621.html I took a three day organized trip to the edge of the Sahara on the Algerian border. We rode camels into the middle of the desert and spent the night in Berber tents in the dunes. These are a few of the views along the way the pictures say more than I ever could. http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-83591.html Says it all the main reason for this whole crazy adventure...Finally felt well enough to travel so hopped an early bus out of Azrou destination Rissani. Loooonnnngg day to say the least it was an 8 12 hour trip from Hell on one of the local transports...the seats were so close together that I couldn't sit with my knees in front of me had to sit at an angle and essentially squirmed in my seat http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-62061.html