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Author: Jane
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Today was all about the Sahara. At nine am, we were picked up from Camping Auberge La Khaima – which we definitely recommend, as there’s lots of space under the palm trees and each pitch gets a charcoal fired oven, sink and kitchen prep area. Our mode of transport today was a Toyota land-cruiser 4WD…
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We got up soon after the sun rose to make the most of the low light on the dunes. We’re camped in quite an extensive range of low sand dunes north of Foum Zguid, with views of the dark, distant mountains. The dunes border a desert area that’s more like most of that we’ve driven…
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The highlight of the day, but not the most exciting part of it, was our tour of the underground Berber village of Icht. We were a group of French, Swiss, Dutch, German and English tourists, so our guide, Abdullah, spoke first in French and then played Google’s English translation through his portable speaker. The underground…
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There’s not much to say about today, as it was a travel day, so it’ll be a bit dull, sorry. There was thick fog for a couple of hours, as we whizzed back up the RN1 to Guelmim. We tried a Marjane supermarket, as that was all there was, but were very disappointed. I think…
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We’d stayed at Sidi Ifni for a good few days in 2023, while Denby was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder after hitting a tree stump in Tafroute and suffering lengthy repairs in Tiznit, so this time we decided that one night was enough. As we packed up, Rog got talking to a fellow Brit…
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We woke to biblical rain storms and the forecast predicted they would continue all morning. It seemed like a good day to do our shopping hop to Agadir. I asked Rog, “Shall we do the boring route or the slightly dodgy one, given that it’s trousering it down?” I leave those of you who know…
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The day started, fashionably late as ever, with a shortish dog walk over to the back of the valley and up the hill.The Berber camp is still there! It was relatively cloudy this morning, so we took the opportunity of leaving Flynn in the well-ventilated van, and walking up into town. First up, breakfast (and,…
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It was literally freezing when we woke up. Minus 1 degree outside, and only 8 inside Jones. The heating had to go on pronto! We had to wait for proper daylight and dawn is at 8:30 here, so it was well after nine when we made our way along the wadi and back to the…
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