Saturday, June 16, 2012

Safr Ila al-Sahara, Al-Youm Al-Wahid (Journey to the Sahara Day 1)

Assalamualikum!

Yesterday we started our trip to the desert. It was an extremely scenic seven hour ride: We drove through the mountains and saw rivers, springs and breathtaking greenery. We stopped at Hotel Xaluca at the town of Erfoud for the night. It is literally a five star hotel. I was really tired so I wandered around the hotel, sat in the amazingly decorated Berber tent; sat by the pool for a little bit and went on top the roof to enjoy the view: I also had a decent conversation in Arabic with the gift store owner. Today we are stopping for lunch at a small town two hours from the hotel and then will start riding camels at pm. We are going to be camping out in the desert tonight. I am excited, but definitely scared too!

Ma salamah,
Naheed

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