2014 Morocco The Sahara Desert Hassi Labied

Our couchhost had quite a big house made of mud and straw. It was really cool!
Upstairs, there was no roof and we saw goats below.



















The couchhost's name was Mohammed and he said we were going to the Sahara desert tomorrow. For dinner, we had 라면, which is a Korean food which is really nice, It's like noodles.

We went to look at the goats and they were afraid at first. But when I gave it fresh grass, the kid came over.




The next day, we had to get ready to go onto the camels. Then we went to a cafe to have breakfast. We had a Berber omelette* special and toast. There was a cat and I gave it food.


* I loved it.
Then, Mohammed wanted to show us a place so we followed him. It was a big green garden(oasis) where people kept their own patch of farm. There was a mini stream going in the middle, and we played with the frog in it.


Because it was too hot, we went back to have a rest. On the way, we saw a dried skin of a cat. It must have been fried!
After having a long rest, we decided to go to the sand dunes in view.

The sand was hot and we slid down the dune. It was way too hot so we went to go back. We saw the camels and they seemed friendly enough.


The time had come and we all got saddled onto our camels. Mum had a black one, Dad had a big one, I had the cutest and smallest and Ellie had a medium, black one. 
We arrived to the sand dunes, and the camels slowly padded their way through. 





It was starting to get dark and we finally reached our camp.

I saw a big sand dune, about 100 ft tall.

I wanted to climb it, so when we got off our camels, I went straight to it.
I first went the hard way but reached the easy bit. After what seemed an hour, I reached the summit. Here's a diagram.




At the top, I had a fantastic view. I could see Afganistan(Algeria). I looked down and started sliding down!
It was so fun!
In our camp, we saw a lizard that could swim in sand! It was weird.

Then we went in the tent and we had a tajine. It was delicious! We were very full, and we settled down to sleep.


Some time...

I needed the toilet so I asked Dad to come with me. It was still dark outside so the sand was cold on the soles of my feet. I had a pee then way the milkyway!

In the morning, we set off early, so it wasn't too hot for the camels.

When we reached the house, Mohammed said he had made breakfast for us. It was a big breakfast and it was nice!

Afterwards, we went to another town to meet another couchhost.