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Day 8 Sahara – Skoura
Survived our night out in a Berber tent undder the stars — it only had a single layer of blanket for the roof so we could see stars through. The bed had at least 8 blankets on it, which made it warm but very heavy. L described it as having the cat asleep on you, but on every part of you. The bed was also quite hard, with contours in odd places. so overall it wasn’t the greatest night’s sleep I’ve ever had. On the other hand, annd more importantly, we were camping out overnight in the Sahara, no phones, internet access or electricity, just us, our Berber guides, and…
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Day 7 Erfoud – Sahara
Tonight your intrepid reporter sits in a Berber tent among the dunes of the Sahara, at a secret location that can only be accessed by camel. Ah bollocks, the truth is a little plainer than that but it’s still damn cool. We’re in a Berber tent, under the billions and billions of stars (thank you Carl Sagan) after a fairly short camel trek into the dunes east of Merzouga. We rode camels into the Sahara, how cool is that? And we’re in a tent under the stars. It’s pretty tres bien awesome. It’s so quiet, it makes space seem like a Deep Purple concert. We had the choice to get…
