After a nice breakfast in the main dining tent, we loaded up
and continued heading west. Addi showed us a water well in
the middle of the desert. When you see sand dunes, you know
there is water underneath them! The grasses catch the sand
from the wind and the dunes are formed over time. Nearby
was a true oasis of date palm groves and more. All that green
and lush right there in the middle of dryness! I floated away
to visit with a three-week-old baby camel nearby.
The following day as we were traveling west towards Marrakech,
we all got the same cell phone message. We learned our flight
to return home had been cancelled and rescheduled for a later
date. Oh no! What about our connecting flights? What about
our tour itinerary? Also, every day our nerves were more and
more rattled as we continued hearing about the dark cloud of the
Coronavirus infiltrating the world. And now, I was feeling sick.
My head felt like a balloon and I was coughing, too.
BATHROOMS
Moroccan bathrooms are quite interesting. It takes aiming
skill to use the hole-in-the floor toilets. Thankfully, there
was usually a “western” toilet nearby for tourists. We had
visited some restrooms that lead women one way and men
another for stalls, and they both shared a common hand
washing area. Today I saw a completely unisex restroom.
Stalls were actually rooms with doors and either gender
could go into any one. The attendant was male. When a
stall/room came free, he bid me to wait a minute while he
One of the Tents
Camp Entrance in the Sahara
Mother & Baby Camels
Sahara Camp Sidewalks