Mini Bus - Day Four
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 17 Oct 2008 22:45
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Day
Three
We were served breakfast and went off
to make Sand Angels, something I had promised we would do. The wind would make
them disappear but their charm and luck would stay with the camp forever. I had
made them in Canada in the snow but never in sand. It was a completely new skill
for Bear and he took to the task fervently.
  
  My angel, Bear
putting finishing touches on the pair ready to be photographed, Beds in the middle of Bear's angel. We put Rita's geode in as a makeshift heart. Final sweeping to get rid of our footprints.
 
 
A close-up of Rita's geode, her favourite gem. We bought it on the first
leg of the journey from Marrakech, we only saw two amethyst geodes, a few bright
red and all the rest a grey-white colour. The sand
angels beyond the boys checking the engine for the return jaunt across
the rocks. The boys eating breakfast, wearing
traditional Shoosh on their heads. I certainly did not expect a hug from a
cat in the middle of nowhere.
   The very shallow
lake is only here in the winter months. Wild
donkeys trying to find a bit of scratchy grazing. These dunes are about three feet in height and move on a daily
basis. Our driver has a built in GPS - thank heavens.
    A caravan,
you don't see many of these road signs in Plymouth do
you ???. Bear adopting the pose, it is still quite
sore in our memories today, our taxi driver Aziz, (
quick bit of advertising ). On our return journey through Zagora he stopped on
the side of the road at a stall selling dates, he asked us "would we like
some", handed over a box of the freshest, juiciest we had ever seen. We
asked "how much" and were told they were a gift from his
garden.
   Lunch in
Ouarzazate, same as on the way there. The pale
sand of some of the Atlas Mountains. One of the
hairpin bends.
  A good shot of the winding road. The locals say this is the HEART of the Atlas
Mountains.
 The High Atlas
Mountains with their snow capping made for an exhilarating ride. If you
cannot put your life in some strangers hands. If you are a bad back seat driver.
If you hate heights and roads that have no crash barriers in places. If you hate
being thrown around, get very hot and don't like loud Arabic music. If at any
time you have had a bad lower back or at anytime suffered from heamorrhoids, DO
NOT attempt this journey. If you can manage any of the list PLEASE do not miss
this opportunity of a lifetime.
All in all a trip that can best be
described as incredible. Stunning.
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