"Le premier soir, je me suis donc endormi sur la sable, a mille milles de toute terre habitée." ~ Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Of all the places that I've slept, the Sahara Desert will go down as one of the surreal, most memorable, most brilliant, and loudest places that I've ever slept. It was fantastic: we made our way out from Merzouga on our camels for about an hour until we reached our tents. Once at our tents, we were welcomed by our Berber guides with mint tea, joking around, music, and delicious food. It was very "packaged tour experience," but I put that aside as I enjoyed the night. The night itself was unbelievable. We reached Merzouga at dusk and quickly saddled up. During the camel trek to the "middle" of the desert
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