tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50449768321010401972024-03-13T23:23:45.140+02:00travellerlinaa traveller's diarytravellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.comBlogger307125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-7678878920573261652023-01-04T18:20:00.004+02:002023-01-04T18:20:38.767+02:00On the road again!<p> Today k. And I took the road again. </p><p>This time in France, we will spent one night in Bourgongne, the wine making state, then Paris and then Bretagne. M</p><p>It will be approximately 15 days, our roadtrip.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1F-o77I_xT3e8xTPMdDUxnWceE78ak-Qp9CGZXfWV5d-wnuhe_jNWUF8BnxsJq5kevuyicOU7147YPEDEewT4BI1mg_HOZWjxK4Pfm9oiQ0KN_F-zKInQp4NJvjQWB5GQiVrJODNffdhzYcaf7bi705VF4AfBjcyKOilljMm1ffmRq3ztOL90vai_A/s4608/20230104_094447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1F-o77I_xT3e8xTPMdDUxnWceE78ak-Qp9CGZXfWV5d-wnuhe_jNWUF8BnxsJq5kevuyicOU7147YPEDEewT4BI1mg_HOZWjxK4Pfm9oiQ0KN_F-zKInQp4NJvjQWB5GQiVrJODNffdhzYcaf7bi705VF4AfBjcyKOilljMm1ffmRq3ztOL90vai_A/w200-h93/20230104_094447.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFHmmYyjXGt-HM4dTW4ot_AW0jSUjVKP-mncRfO1et9yprJsmRF_sElWiNTpzvma38OwKQCEzia5fJ3s8o6GWVvsWw8rfhx3UiCy4F624CdVhBmRVyl5rdcQleQYJZTkpg9SQ8S4INB6uQcohdg5wwYR2TpkcxlqCsMScvkUq8p567nnGZEvX0aIeEg/s4608/20230104_113856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The colours and the smells go straight in the heart. I want to buy everything! I don't buy everything because I have a small suitcase. It's time to find a place to eat. We skip the tourist restaurants in front of the square and find a small terrace. 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Right in front of us the craziness of the medina streets. A car does a U-turn in front of our eyes. he a look at the end of the video below to see how he managed, we where laughing all along, especially when another vehicle came in front of him! Ah, good old Morocco... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0-EL5iuD0hqb2NYyyW-CLt1tMyTZqdkU56o-UtKO_OZYipvTvBRaKsgPbYaZeXGxywuaq4OrTAt_qkRT4BfxtuXCT7JqGkbsO4yx4ILzhZF4U1GImBlFRvrNUeA678axY0HY_OKg_eM8r0IRtMTZea4jxqGU1HW9q1naD0-jcnUZKPvWD8Sa23C6Dg/s4608/20221215_145035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0-EL5iuD0hqb2NYyyW-CLt1tMyTZqdkU56o-UtKO_OZYipvTvBRaKsgPbYaZeXGxywuaq4OrTAt_qkRT4BfxtuXCT7JqGkbsO4yx4ILzhZF4U1GImBlFRvrNUeA678axY0HY_OKg_eM8r0IRtMTZea4jxqGU1HW9q1naD0-jcnUZKPvWD8Sa23C6Dg/s320/20221215_145035.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went back to the riad, tider and full. Our feet are very tired. Hassan tells us we can shower if we want, and we can stay in the living room until we leave. He even gives us blankets to snuggle. They become your family these people!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We watch a film and relax. Around 5 we will go out and take the bus back to the airport. The driver told us where we have to stand and there are buses every half an hour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we go to the bus stop, there are many different busses passing by. I get bullied by taxi people who offer to take us to the airport but I just ignore them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After a bit of a wait, we see our bus. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is s French couple inside the bus, in their 20's and we share stories of being bullied and tricked by the moroccan guys. It's their game and you have to go along. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jb1Jzq3th5g" width="320" youtube-src-id="Jb1Jzq3th5g"></iframe></div>It was a wonderful trip. It was full of diffenert sensations, stories and I do hope I described it to the best of my capacities. We have travelled a lot with K. in eight years, but this trip was outside Europe, outside of our comfort zone and put a little stamp on our passports. After the covid and all these dark moments, we can breathe and dream of new adventures without masks. <div>I have promised myself to travel more out of my comfort zone, alone of with K. </div><div>What a journey!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUu7Kf7BiPZxsIpOB-YKQEHjcNmBtbJYceH9wSpX5BcvaXw6LCO3ECs_PexPokrACRUszYUR6qku56JQvfHZD2AfAgClVZhdrPoFJwjOE3f1Kf3OxNDf_7Q8a8_9lGIk6dZLHtX9Fvegs8wA-mRIWUci-nhsxklHblPU006E06rikMQekQmd5AySH9mA/s4608/20221216_101023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUu7Kf7BiPZxsIpOB-YKQEHjcNmBtbJYceH9wSpX5BcvaXw6LCO3ECs_PexPokrACRUszYUR6qku56JQvfHZD2AfAgClVZhdrPoFJwjOE3f1Kf3OxNDf_7Q8a8_9lGIk6dZLHtX9Fvegs8wA-mRIWUci-nhsxklHblPU006E06rikMQekQmd5AySH9mA/w93-h200/20221216_101023.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>With this small suitcase, I travelled at Dakhla for a week and throughout Morocco for a week. Two weeks travelling light, walking a lot, discovering places and sites. <div>I am so grateful!</div>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-66971058508675534272022-12-30T13:01:00.002+02:002022-12-30T13:02:39.846+02:0014 December, Marrakesh<p> A new day begins and we have mixted feelings about going out. </p><p>Going our facing the crazy world of Marrakesh. </p><p>One thing at a time, we will photograph our riad, eat breakfast and decide who we are going to spend our day. </p><p>By the way the riad is called<a href="https://darmirai.com/?lang=en" target="_blank"> Dar Mirai</a>, it is owned by a Berber guy and his Japanese (!!) wife. Hassan is their friend, also a Berber who makes breakfast and keeps the riad. Berber people are different than arab people, desert tribes with a very different culture than muslim culture. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekFbTD06i9kIjl266wTaOkmtUcUYCNA0HRJXB65iSC1PH9FT0JG4VzGWY_hUfB0DM03mBCq6GT_n_t2MSE2j5lJbFKwOlRlMRJuVGieAO24x7cjKAxCCpfIOoOB3u2yjRDo16ujMzh8gBXGt4wiezVKWOaPjkInI-uaJ7FEJKQIXsgG0fVg8-WFPa4w/s2576/20221214_084758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekFbTD06i9kIjl266wTaOkmtUcUYCNA0HRJXB65iSC1PH9FT0JG4VzGWY_hUfB0DM03mBCq6GT_n_t2MSE2j5lJbFKwOlRlMRJuVGieAO24x7cjKAxCCpfIOoOB3u2yjRDo16ujMzh8gBXGt4wiezVKWOaPjkInI-uaJ7FEJKQIXsgG0fVg8-WFPa4w/w93-h200/20221214_084758.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeXAqUXjZzuHgF9jgW0FFEN2cEBri_hxgn0e06-92EKbDWf2_zQwfJVUk493Tumn8wSeS-nURK1wMRJAbIxon9jOOfV_ur72y0bfQEgRqPq4HuPtgg3JlQm7I5x2oDwJdaGECo0-I4G3ll_TmOD3xqhFGjeE1pyGfl4HUK-t8tkTHrM4WXCd1Lp2P7A/s4608/20221214_084700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeXAqUXjZzuHgF9jgW0FFEN2cEBri_hxgn0e06-92EKbDWf2_zQwfJVUk493Tumn8wSeS-nURK1wMRJAbIxon9jOOfV_ur72y0bfQEgRqPq4HuPtgg3JlQm7I5x2oDwJdaGECo0-I4G3ll_TmOD3xqhFGjeE1pyGfl4HUK-t8tkTHrM4WXCd1Lp2P7A/w93-h200/20221214_084700.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuODixk7B99mo6PnPjvg3QaDcDQgZrawL9lm_AjqsfQVJWYR0qBzXJzmFjOP6PcdygBMMzGrJVfjDtLfFVSmRJnBd7Pvw_Y7GvzX080QwdLZbkmlWV7Ci3UhkoeexRk0Px67q1rwkVpx9B7NfTanRs1GWF7E5a0tdMGB98q9IQnZs0NRpaFEgtold0g/s2576/20221214_084707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuODixk7B99mo6PnPjvg3QaDcDQgZrawL9lm_AjqsfQVJWYR0qBzXJzmFjOP6PcdygBMMzGrJVfjDtLfFVSmRJnBd7Pvw_Y7GvzX080QwdLZbkmlWV7Ci3UhkoeexRk0Px67q1rwkVpx9B7NfTanRs1GWF7E5a0tdMGB98q9IQnZs0NRpaFEgtold0g/w93-h200/20221214_084707.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywJcqaV01kHv3nfR_nNlDz9BAXJQVHggkORWCHRcdTE5Vv9f7UWjfF5Am0_cbJ1fjRwlAJv2Pm8hRT9gJWWYvnEiO8fQPavUe5Moh8Vnaj5z5wXA5cUBK1q31WuXM1efYRF0dIU1V6iWBVPZcsi_CFjcyeNYOLetaD_Oi1Iamf39voTo9OQPo5sZzZw/s2576/20221214_084712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywJcqaV01kHv3nfR_nNlDz9BAXJQVHggkORWCHRcdTE5Vv9f7UWjfF5Am0_cbJ1fjRwlAJv2Pm8hRT9gJWWYvnEiO8fQPavUe5Moh8Vnaj5z5wXA5cUBK1q31WuXM1efYRF0dIU1V6iWBVPZcsi_CFjcyeNYOLetaD_Oi1Iamf39voTo9OQPo5sZzZw/w93-h200/20221214_084712.jpg" width="93" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAzy8ZdJmuQsJk1hPCLF_4NZHgxO0C1nvXuxMO0LE14twLzc2pm0xaT7izLUFUGv1FhA-qQXFgCHZF73wWofFR-cXd6sfAxhn8igYl9Z_PxSajaNy3rCt-1Rsc8kuNv8HGxRAgK3ylFWD9gwDVKs-X7MmsyjNNH4r6q2VU1G8Mijq9XhUzL-ggclUYA/s2576/20221214_084726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2576" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAzy8ZdJmuQsJk1hPCLF_4NZHgxO0C1nvXuxMO0LE14twLzc2pm0xaT7izLUFUGv1FhA-qQXFgCHZF73wWofFR-cXd6sfAxhn8igYl9Z_PxSajaNy3rCt-1Rsc8kuNv8HGxRAgK3ylFWD9gwDVKs-X7MmsyjNNH4r6q2VU1G8Mijq9XhUzL-ggclUYA/w200-h93/20221214_084726.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Breakfast is really good, moroccan bread and psemen, the arab pancakes, as well as olives, olive oil, and amblou, a moroccan spread which is a mix of roasted almonds, argan oil and honey. 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The weather is really warm and we can see the rooftops of Marrakesh. 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We take Hassan's advice very seriously and off we go to see the famous Marrakesh. Its' million colours, its' million flavors, its' million surprises. <p></p><p>In the guide book as well as the internet articles, everyone said that you will surely get lost in the medina of Marrakesh and you will pay somenone a tip to take you back to a central place. 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You stop and look and the guy will make you a "lucky charm". It is just a trap to make you buy something from his wooden stock. K. bought a domino. We went home, he opened it, there was a missing piece, we went back, the guy made a whole in the middle of the number four to make a number five. He said he used another piece of wood but it is just resin. We played along, their scam game, it is part of the Marrakesh experience!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPgF1V4pVujpAkkZO5VvrkokGtVUjTgSIWOhDhbr2egCD96TLAfTtUoS7mROexmTwxFVwJq7s-fZdyTF5lzAe0qQICcH7-rsy4_tgGhJlsy7ZfZu8AKi8wBFy2LZKC5L-CT4Hq0R1uo5FK4_l73QCsvtq9puf3499snlJC0HhmEu6jPjBg5otwRKotA/s4608/20221214_115250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPgF1V4pVujpAkkZO5VvrkokGtVUjTgSIWOhDhbr2egCD96TLAfTtUoS7mROexmTwxFVwJq7s-fZdyTF5lzAe0qQICcH7-rsy4_tgGhJlsy7ZfZu8AKi8wBFy2LZKC5L-CT4Hq0R1uo5FK4_l73QCsvtq9puf3499snlJC0HhmEu6jPjBg5otwRKotA/w93-h200/20221214_115250.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuN9Vs9H2ML814UBEiotXy9RdCVREN12_5KSo-KUPfx_GAKadhE8l51VyNX8s2Um6V91HH5XnfxU0T5CBPpkuTYyNgEWrAEJDZIlbfNR7goAaKiGFhl1iEm5-i31GALuJLk9dXxhrS7Nr4Tk0tM1CrnzmPDYKml41YAwiOU0j5o3YO9yXoGM9KaFJGpA/s4608/20221215_110414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuN9Vs9H2ML814UBEiotXy9RdCVREN12_5KSo-KUPfx_GAKadhE8l51VyNX8s2Um6V91HH5XnfxU0T5CBPpkuTYyNgEWrAEJDZIlbfNR7goAaKiGFhl1iEm5-i31GALuJLk9dXxhrS7Nr4Tk0tM1CrnzmPDYKml41YAwiOU0j5o3YO9yXoGM9KaFJGpA/w93-h200/20221215_110414.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>In the medina, there are a million shops, there are a million colours, and there are Caravan Serais. When the people of the dessert came in Marrakesh, with their camels and the families and all the merchandise, they had to sleep and stay somewhere. So these big houses, two stories high, with a garden a fountain in the middle, where their homes for a while. Nowadays, these Caravan Serais, host shops for artisanal works. Here nobody will push you in buying stuff. 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Shops, cats, turtles eating salad, vehicules coming out of nowhere, motorcycles, bicycles... we are walking and walking and walking... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BUa7PucGNDTZzboQyC-RD3568SupkmFRJ5qZcjy5JISx6SVAbhLXnBzjZBz9A2oUhkAGDMos5y_8EYRipZB-teSWA7hlrD39npymfhZUy6iIDk2UqCE5oN8XouKGS9ZEQKvF9v6-WSKkpAPZBFAdBvvELHKWSLSVeDR2B7GyQQsTYx75tzzTouc8sg/s4608/20221214_121033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BUa7PucGNDTZzboQyC-RD3568SupkmFRJ5qZcjy5JISx6SVAbhLXnBzjZBz9A2oUhkAGDMos5y_8EYRipZB-teSWA7hlrD39npymfhZUy6iIDk2UqCE5oN8XouKGS9ZEQKvF9v6-WSKkpAPZBFAdBvvELHKWSLSVeDR2B7GyQQsTYx75tzzTouc8sg/w93-h200/20221214_121033.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SPh4QgRrECEqcmOTH69H2_xW-xw1kvkfPX_qhZfZq1u8Db6Th27EsTeMnAdnkKeRL-C0BQbmL12cdhyEp4KaVQsgYcoDxN8Rho0-fzgwH6HYy295a3-yzXVOr7DtEqwrxnMAMwHyM5Fmxu-VOys5TsCGWPYkCKiGE_RMcA6rV-aBzmQPHwn12z4idg/s2576/20221214_122331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SPh4QgRrECEqcmOTH69H2_xW-xw1kvkfPX_qhZfZq1u8Db6Th27EsTeMnAdnkKeRL-C0BQbmL12cdhyEp4KaVQsgYcoDxN8Rho0-fzgwH6HYy295a3-yzXVOr7DtEqwrxnMAMwHyM5Fmxu-VOys5TsCGWPYkCKiGE_RMcA6rV-aBzmQPHwn12z4idg/w93-h200/20221214_122331.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFxdwFqMiOiLu2xPEI0kh4SfqXUNaBl_ee2a0z4UzbIl7j1Th87ZvjLykuvuQohXsDW5pwVbM0AaIIRI0zdsDV7c7fwmQXS7-uRQIQHvL-wAOoxLzexsd__4Z7Kp2PRE-grwz52nxEgsF5vnGcSMSFxUXINUh3Aen7nUqjiLEWuI4Oz7xRznMxtWRFw/s2576/20221214_123008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFxdwFqMiOiLu2xPEI0kh4SfqXUNaBl_ee2a0z4UzbIl7j1Th87ZvjLykuvuQohXsDW5pwVbM0AaIIRI0zdsDV7c7fwmQXS7-uRQIQHvL-wAOoxLzexsd__4Z7Kp2PRE-grwz52nxEgsF5vnGcSMSFxUXINUh3Aen7nUqjiLEWuI4Oz7xRznMxtWRFw/w93-h200/20221214_123008.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1dEgSqhCqL3lgWmrTTFfQB8lOQygkZgX1MJQ1uN1ahdvhI_1qEyUHiIuqOHsps5DqZbLQQug1jktH4H4STkSoDcWWc102pxmya8rc6hLn1Pc1xxp4Fn2g02GTUZQNeyTNdmZ0SHgD93Gc8bTQkTD7HWWiSMwCH3879R0sGBUyhYoVEf8Gz-oyDlXvw/s2576/20221214_123212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1dEgSqhCqL3lgWmrTTFfQB8lOQygkZgX1MJQ1uN1ahdvhI_1qEyUHiIuqOHsps5DqZbLQQug1jktH4H4STkSoDcWWc102pxmya8rc6hLn1Pc1xxp4Fn2g02GTUZQNeyTNdmZ0SHgD93Gc8bTQkTD7HWWiSMwCH3879R0sGBUyhYoVEf8Gz-oyDlXvw/w93-h200/20221214_123212.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXZxKMUrHWzFKliIrbzWnrBVOxp7HY2CX9d0VGW7bPeE8WHjAm_yhSPtuY61GMHbUZUh9tGbskh1168kTqw9XjBgygWm-ZwnDSNk1KKf7Tn4m9AqmVUqenBbsJxnofNSgApKysBHDI9HkjvfnC-wsls8n9VihaMeFTupM5vEP9QwJAgPMaV-0wUQEiA/s2576/20221214_123929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXZxKMUrHWzFKliIrbzWnrBVOxp7HY2CX9d0VGW7bPeE8WHjAm_yhSPtuY61GMHbUZUh9tGbskh1168kTqw9XjBgygWm-ZwnDSNk1KKf7Tn4m9AqmVUqenBbsJxnofNSgApKysBHDI9HkjvfnC-wsls8n9VihaMeFTupM5vEP9QwJAgPMaV-0wUQEiA/w93-h200/20221214_123929.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>My goal of not getting lost is accomplished! I have understood how the labyrith works and I am very proud. After wandering around the medina and buying some delicious sweets from the shop, we are going to see Koutoubia, one of the biggest and oldest mosques in Marrakesh.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroWtt_Hk_ShDOOh1rOnBNof8hb3cg893Yg_WVwxpRu-G7fCC0b3HZLIcLeDAIpfDuC2SApr09V5pQ9yFs2KQPUO-kuHwwdhP1H5T2PmdGI-fuMin01svVa628grJfeQSg1p25_nXyLTamjV4DOK5yedo9spzpXPgA4fpYVPfer_ePMZJCfXwvj3Fn5Q/s2576/20221214_132838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroWtt_Hk_ShDOOh1rOnBNof8hb3cg893Yg_WVwxpRu-G7fCC0b3HZLIcLeDAIpfDuC2SApr09V5pQ9yFs2KQPUO-kuHwwdhP1H5T2PmdGI-fuMin01svVa628grJfeQSg1p25_nXyLTamjV4DOK5yedo9spzpXPgA4fpYVPfer_ePMZJCfXwvj3Fn5Q/w93-h200/20221214_132838.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigR5IaArHdt8AqRTYLqKc0YrpNntvTPh8rOCFIlsbRoGuXd1yrJZvfTGrETwC3WGmeGzWqHgbnZoZ1imuqAL1VmMbyJC46wtxpaMif_x-ZuJIwJK4UbOR-Lt7S0Mvd4ROFfQOZVkjxFl8E5AaFrMOdDCO1mMu5-ySeJ_eHRQJyRbC8geiOdPEqpvG8uQ/s4608/20221214_132916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigR5IaArHdt8AqRTYLqKc0YrpNntvTPh8rOCFIlsbRoGuXd1yrJZvfTGrETwC3WGmeGzWqHgbnZoZ1imuqAL1VmMbyJC46wtxpaMif_x-ZuJIwJK4UbOR-Lt7S0Mvd4ROFfQOZVkjxFl8E5AaFrMOdDCO1mMu5-ySeJ_eHRQJyRbC8geiOdPEqpvG8uQ/w93-h200/20221214_132916.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdwyUEXSve-drGwhH3e5IbHfio29lXUJsdsoAreeQ9daCVP-v_hnFnBpDUMT1tcEBD6OAlJ8R3cyLh7bkHHt7ebvGwhmgqKfinsAAHYv2w1VCMB5Ur6G4D_hwE7hkUZfpFlhMWFiZi6-p2XpLF0WaIwUGaOeCKFGKDhxxu5Sy18DTPW_kJhe3tyiSqg/s4608/20221214_135124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdwyUEXSve-drGwhH3e5IbHfio29lXUJsdsoAreeQ9daCVP-v_hnFnBpDUMT1tcEBD6OAlJ8R3cyLh7bkHHt7ebvGwhmgqKfinsAAHYv2w1VCMB5Ur6G4D_hwE7hkUZfpFlhMWFiZi6-p2XpLF0WaIwUGaOeCKFGKDhxxu5Sy18DTPW_kJhe3tyiSqg/w93-h200/20221214_135124.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>My feet are killing me. Walking around you don't realise how many kilometers you walk. I need to go back now and rest. <div>Today is the football match between Morocco and France. <br /><div>Our plan for the rest of the day is to come to the Jamaa el Fna square before the sun sets, to look around, eat dinner and return home before football starts.</div><div>When we go out, it's a little bit chilly and we regret not taking our jackets with us. </div><div>In the morning it was really hot, but now the wind is really strong and rain might start falling. </div><div>I read about this restaurant with a terrace where you can see the whole of Jamaa el Fna and her craziness. </div><div>As we walk towards the square, we see that thay have put up a huge screen for the match! There is a festive atmosphere and "inshalah" Morocco might win today!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2evOMwrFpd9zvLRVKhfSeCvrG8CZqZe_3rW1Zp5qcyJ35t3Pganycr_g4Mv2cI7TXItvw76E3yZ8Ny6ucvA0eiVmOp0GpfFzAm-ek4DuqvSBt1VhhhC7rpFvScWSWsqbZKuaOyYP2_b86K9jxIKy_WrVFyFs8H4plSXHDO0wz35LxDKc-MlrKM5_7Ow/s4608/20221214_181013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2evOMwrFpd9zvLRVKhfSeCvrG8CZqZe_3rW1Zp5qcyJ35t3Pganycr_g4Mv2cI7TXItvw76E3yZ8Ny6ucvA0eiVmOp0GpfFzAm-ek4DuqvSBt1VhhhC7rpFvScWSWsqbZKuaOyYP2_b86K9jxIKy_WrVFyFs8H4plSXHDO0wz35LxDKc-MlrKM5_7Ow/s320/20221214_181013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We have chosen to sit on the terrace, but near the back, where it is covered. We are protected from the wind and the possible rain but it is cold. </div><div>Our meal is really good but the rain starts coming down! </div><div>We eat and wait for it to calm down.</div><div>We choose a moment that it is not really raining and we walk fast to go back home, a 15 minute walk from where we are. </div><div>Tomorrow we will know the score!</div></div>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-61834944796726409782022-12-28T12:24:00.007+02:002022-12-28T12:26:19.642+02:0013 December, from Ouarzazate to Marrakesh, 193 klm, 3.30 h<p>On the road to Marrakesh, there is a city (Ksar) made of clay and straw, called Ait Benhaddou. It is a Unesco Heritage site and many films where filmed here. According to Wikipedia some of the films include Jesus of Nazareth, The Last Temptation, Gladiator, Alexander as well as some of the Game of Thrones scenes. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6ZqxR0_6cZA1k2oYgb30zVk7qTf4_T74eVuHDr03UuplgkKwH6r_5d10sXINeBTn57yWZjGaBHUfPVC33DGBtHWSKaz7P37ZgNgIqR-Bat1ApKxRi2eSsrnW_MLTi3_GqUVxd4j2Gdnmjdh8mtDWOEQ_KAaqOaA7mXGhZQB_aJJ0xyc6Kbhw8pfWYg/s4608/20221213_095952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6ZqxR0_6cZA1k2oYgb30zVk7qTf4_T74eVuHDr03UuplgkKwH6r_5d10sXINeBTn57yWZjGaBHUfPVC33DGBtHWSKaz7P37ZgNgIqR-Bat1ApKxRi2eSsrnW_MLTi3_GqUVxd4j2Gdnmjdh8mtDWOEQ_KAaqOaA7mXGhZQB_aJJ0xyc6Kbhw8pfWYg/s320/20221213_095952.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Last night Pascal told us that it is free to enter the city and we should not follow any of the kids trying to get money for a tour. It is early in the morning, so there are not a lot of tourists yet. We leave the car and start walking towards the city. Tourist shops everywhere. </p><p>There is a shop owner who asks K. if we are with the group ahead of us. We are not. The guy asks him for a favor. He makes us go in his shop and asks K. to write a letter in french. Despite thinking it's a scam to make us buy stuff from his shop, we realise there is sn scam.The guy wants to write a letter to invite his french friends at his sisters' wedding. I look aroud the shop, but there is nothing that I like... K. wants to make a joke and asks the guy for money for his service. The guy does not really understand the joke. We leave.</p><p>In the entrance there is an old lady who wants money for the visit. Although the hotel guy strictly said it is free, K. jumps right into the trap and we both pay to go up a 2 stories ruin in the entrance of the city! It was a "museum". We go up and take photos. We paid for it. 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We don't want to wait the last moment so we decide to go to the hotel, leave our luggage and go give the car. We don't really need it in Marrakesh. </div><div>Maps.me has become my friend by now and I put in the name of the riad.</div><div>As we approach Marrakesh, things become more crazy. Cars, motorcycles, bicycles, donkeys, horses, everywhere you look there is danger. The GPS takes us inside the walls in the medina. Three times more crazy. There are roadworks, in the medina, impossible to reach the riad by car. It is hot, it is dusty, it is a real rollercoaster! </div><div>Change of plans. We will give back the car.</div><div>In the crazy roads of Marrakesh, I don't even think to take our my camera, I need to stay focused to find the Hertz agency as well as a gas station to put some gasoline into the car before giving it back. </div><div>With a combination of focus, intuition, gps and determination, as well as prayers that we will not have an accident in this crazy driving city, we find the agency. </div><div>We double park and I go out to the agency.</div><div>Nobody is there.</div><div>The guy next door calls the agency guy.</div><div>We need to go to the Airport.</div><div>Deep breath, change of plans.</div><div>We go to the airport, it is not so far away. </div><div>Everything is ok with the car.</div><div>There is a bus into the city with a free return ticket for Thursday, the day of our flight go back home.</div><div>In the bus we take a breath, released of this stress of driving around in the city.</div><div>The bus leaves us in front of the medina gates. Our riad is 5-10 minutes on foot.</div><div>Maps.me shows us the way. </div><div>Maps.me takes us in the parking lot of a Lyceum. </div><div>There is a lady there, who speaks French and has internet. She tells us we need to find the mosque called Bab Doukkala. Our riad is near this mosque.</div><div>Two persons with luggage on wheels are an easy pray for the locals. </div><div>I put on my bad girl face and lead the road.</div><div>The only thing I do is go straight ahead, say Bab Doukkala with a hand nod in this direction. I get positive nods and I continue like a pro. </div><div>We arrive at Bab Doukkala. </div><div>There are taxi people there and K. talks to them in all his human trust. There is a guy who asks about our reservation an I want to ignore him. I take K. by the hand, leave these aggressive guys behind, hide behind the mosque and call the riad.</div><div>A lovely girl who speaks english will come and take us.</div><div>We stay at the side of the mosque and wait. </div><div>Our energy and patience are running out, we have been driving for hours in the Atrlas mountains, we have been driving around the city in the heat and dust, we need to rest. Being the team that we are, we do not lose our shit, we keep talking calmly between us and wait.</div><div>An old guy sees us and tells us the girl from the riad will not find us if we stay on the side of the mosque. Are they watching us these people?</div><div>The mosque is literaly very small, so in 2 moinutes you can go around it. The riad lady could do just that.</div><div>I don't know why, but we listen to the old man and we return in the front of the mosque where all the aggressive taxi people are. </div><div>The guy from before sees K. and shouts I found your riad! I will show you where it is!</div><div>I am very surprised and I DON'T WANT his help. </div><div>I look at my man, I tell him the girl from the riad is coming to get us, my man gives me a helpless nod and follows the aggressive taxi guy. The only thing I can do is follow from a distance. I am angry, frustrated, tired, dusty, sweating and the scenario in my head is that this guy will take us to a small backstreet and he will take out a knife and he will take all our money.</div><div>We follow him in a small back street and he knocks on a door and it is the riad. We say thank you and try to get in but he tells us he wants money for his services. </div><div>We don't have any morrocan money left, just 3 euros worth of moroccan money. It is not enough and the guy becomes aggresive, he wants at least five euros. He walked for 5 minutes with us, he did nothing to deserve this! The riad host speaks arabic, tries to reason with the aggressive taxi man. </div><div>I take out three euros european money, give it to him and he goes away.</div><div>We get into the riad.</div><div>Our host Hassan knows what is going on in Marrakesh. </div><div>He repeatedly says we are safe here and offers us mint tea. </div><div>The riad is very quiet. </div><div>A riad is an ancient home, with a garden in the middle and rooms overlooking an open space. There is a terrace overlooking the city, where you can go and relax when the weather is nice. It is a wonder how the riad keeps the noise of the city out, it is calm and quiet. </div><div><div>Hassan waits until we calm down and process what happened. He then gives us a tour of the house. He also gives us a seminar on how to move in Marrakesh, what to do, what not to do and what to avoid. It is very helpful and reassuring.</div><div>In Marrakesh:</div><div>You don't engage in conversation.</div><div>You don't ask for prices.</div><div>You don't let the ladies in the square Jemaa el Fna take your hand for a henna tatoo.</div><div>You smile and continue your road.</div><div>We put on our cold faces and go out to walk and eat. </div><div>After a nice meal at the terrace of a restaurant called Jaman Food (see the joke?) this crazy day is over.</div><div>We can go to sleep.</div><div>Tomorow is a new day.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKI2slIYdm9eLOxYlvuW7tkAr9LmepRWZuPEntMJKZBq4L65LqBTUKMbXOHv6IQJ6Ho2t9v8nwDknh-ycev8XmxSr_kVkNl3s5t4-xQ2iYNg5jY91bgrbNgaoi77O1GToU7nXK2sPpzMQvokkXzC4pEC1wyzCEV-WFL_Yerb1goOslFNSz30XLzvm1w/s2576/20221213_204943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2576" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKI2slIYdm9eLOxYlvuW7tkAr9LmepRWZuPEntMJKZBq4L65LqBTUKMbXOHv6IQJ6Ho2t9v8nwDknh-ycev8XmxSr_kVkNl3s5t4-xQ2iYNg5jY91bgrbNgaoi77O1GToU7nXK2sPpzMQvokkXzC4pEC1wyzCEV-WFL_Yerb1goOslFNSz30XLzvm1w/w200-h93/20221213_204943.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAIUgtKRrG0g0gGw0bfxP0rRJDQIzQWVg2SL76r3TydQzbaD5tVpt3JX0BZylxHg5Haqff3O6WXbghDKG-nATcsKl5j7rH9CDIgN0u32HATUN3p5mW8NMvk6R3UaggEnvFma32xLfnHOBseU3Y4qqtmDip0plVd81LCrMCsRo7f_vRSsT9H3d_rHO6g/s2576/20221213_204952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2576" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAIUgtKRrG0g0gGw0bfxP0rRJDQIzQWVg2SL76r3TydQzbaD5tVpt3JX0BZylxHg5Haqff3O6WXbghDKG-nATcsKl5j7rH9CDIgN0u32HATUN3p5mW8NMvk6R3UaggEnvFma32xLfnHOBseU3Y4qqtmDip0plVd81LCrMCsRo7f_vRSsT9H3d_rHO6g/w200-h93/20221213_204952.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmqwIYVkKEWRcPMGfSdp33VWAULlyF0njge3ozNHQyVK8Lbwbp9ZfCQy0khleOUQKRWbyL0KRyG6YbvFypPrrKHHZxoaLSTz8Usxi89a_ewakvhjRi5KsxfQ2jqEDghEvnfKTT1TYoAG-Nl4yaPT9CTo16shXwDzFEzy8qFAycGmIEQVExLu_7wyUIw/s2576/20221213_213759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmqwIYVkKEWRcPMGfSdp33VWAULlyF0njge3ozNHQyVK8Lbwbp9ZfCQy0khleOUQKRWbyL0KRyG6YbvFypPrrKHHZxoaLSTz8Usxi89a_ewakvhjRi5KsxfQ2jqEDghEvnfKTT1TYoAG-Nl4yaPT9CTo16shXwDzFEzy8qFAycGmIEQVExLu_7wyUIw/w93-h200/20221213_213759.jpg" width="93" /></a></div></div></div>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-56791415947686647172022-12-26T14:57:00.003+02:002022-12-26T15:16:13.404+02:0012 December, Tinerhir to Ouarzazate, 167 klm, 2.30 h <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zYTsu8osVyo" width="320" youtube-src-id="zYTsu8osVyo"></iframe></div>After a good night sleep we wake up and the sun is there. This is the morning view from our hotel and the restaurant where we had a really nice breakfast.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgGvp_QnNuIZ-VN-3X95JrIESP1syNBQpDmQhKmOZOGg-dupcgZiJaw8TLX98MoVJzQ6YD4pS6zsEiVzRLn_mcTXgVFbBFYtq35ubmPufM03dFAiJbuG-f8e35aJvw1ThVu3Mkes1NnjkUqA7GEYIbrsA2Ispxzw3yN_9tMkdDjcyFy5KtiowWHsxRA/s4608/20221212_081819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgGvp_QnNuIZ-VN-3X95JrIESP1syNBQpDmQhKmOZOGg-dupcgZiJaw8TLX98MoVJzQ6YD4pS6zsEiVzRLn_mcTXgVFbBFYtq35ubmPufM03dFAiJbuG-f8e35aJvw1ThVu3Mkes1NnjkUqA7GEYIbrsA2Ispxzw3yN_9tMkdDjcyFy5KtiowWHsxRA/w200-h93/20221212_081819.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5UGr6FV0AjpHV4gWmoqD-1ET1_8YE1VM8FlwSIx-6n-m121_axP30pEp3tiRp438r2Yqby7T8GW0ZnyQkzL2vq0s7gORu57ywGY5RIKG9J2a_I0Ug4N1k8HeLOruKdaMw6DSiXFi1YXb04R-RrcGt_RayLOzPGM9aBxJsiY68BoTOo5bzfxJfHmxoQ/s4608/20221212_081828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5UGr6FV0AjpHV4gWmoqD-1ET1_8YE1VM8FlwSIx-6n-m121_axP30pEp3tiRp438r2Yqby7T8GW0ZnyQkzL2vq0s7gORu57ywGY5RIKG9J2a_I0Ug4N1k8HeLOruKdaMw6DSiXFi1YXb04R-RrcGt_RayLOzPGM9aBxJsiY68BoTOo5bzfxJfHmxoQ/w200-h93/20221212_081828.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1SqIkoQ56ZukoGpRWzXgm6al9wVqYif3gdkbYFqY_B97N2mVx70fa0lMNu-zBCZy6OWLykVydGqVedYmSgYJMcOo4igd7ZUxpi4vtUGq2gAHdMjajIKuLdONrlxw9KWOzlQtezre6anFY_PwxZDFxZadtkAmwHCcivx94A20CJpkQCb8re4_FT7ZKg/s4608/20221212_082450.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1SqIkoQ56ZukoGpRWzXgm6al9wVqYif3gdkbYFqY_B97N2mVx70fa0lMNu-zBCZy6OWLykVydGqVedYmSgYJMcOo4igd7ZUxpi4vtUGq2gAHdMjajIKuLdONrlxw9KWOzlQtezre6anFY_PwxZDFxZadtkAmwHCcivx94A20CJpkQCb8re4_FT7ZKg/w200-h93/20221212_082450.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjML4sblBAdtl2YEG1b0HOADfbL-UxkQLu1ugPFiaYols9FlmHL-YWdKL1jklSoRZo3-541OkqaMKNI_c73bfZtbjEhDsl7BNTK9lN0H-0q86fV4tVFSySQlUcNwIPAWQmmHxFR-x3M35EO7vgKevKBTZaThrLs4xcY_6Hh8PcVnsP1ZmbGl_MMdA1ucA/s4608/20221212_082453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjML4sblBAdtl2YEG1b0HOADfbL-UxkQLu1ugPFiaYols9FlmHL-YWdKL1jklSoRZo3-541OkqaMKNI_c73bfZtbjEhDsl7BNTK9lN0H-0q86fV4tVFSySQlUcNwIPAWQmmHxFR-x3M35EO7vgKevKBTZaThrLs4xcY_6Hh8PcVnsP1ZmbGl_MMdA1ucA/w200-h93/20221212_082453.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><div>We are ready to hit the road again. Direction Ouarzazat, the city of the stars. Here there are 2 big film studios where films like Asterix have been created.</div><div><p></p><div>We are actually tired with all the kilometers we have done and we found a nice quiet hotel in the exit of Ouarzazat. I would like to sit and do nothing when we arrive.</div><div>The road.</div><div>Desert dry lanscapes, blue sky and temperature around 12-15 degrees. </div><div>The moon is almost full and the mountains of Atlas have snow on their tops. </div><div>Here are some photos from the road. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUG6KeZnzg2TWy6wf8MkTAjczFgloczAXtEzdCBGMK6s8cmervTbHa_-VtWn91cwAD0U_9IfhZDon28BCcNvigx62ustRuKZYuhzruwxFqcuGhegnMXH1OT-DYG1soJN1apG8ESt3zM45jofvC9j6wy_ql6yKhUtK8NF_Xy9e2YeQebpDVh6ZQHINJMg/s4608/20221212_100119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUG6KeZnzg2TWy6wf8MkTAjczFgloczAXtEzdCBGMK6s8cmervTbHa_-VtWn91cwAD0U_9IfhZDon28BCcNvigx62ustRuKZYuhzruwxFqcuGhegnMXH1OT-DYG1soJN1apG8ESt3zM45jofvC9j6wy_ql6yKhUtK8NF_Xy9e2YeQebpDVh6ZQHINJMg/w93-h200/20221212_100119.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Ouarzazate - the Door of the Desert - is a modern city, known for it's film locations and big film studios. If you are a nature lover like us, we'd better see two things. The Fint Oasis, 10 minutes from the hotel and the city (Ksar) of Ait Ben Haddou. </div><div>There is a charm when you don't really know what you are going to see next, let the flow take you where you need to be. </div><div>We where really ignorant of all these places and we improvise. </div><div>Today we can see the Oasis and tomorrow, on the way to Marrakesh, we can pass from Ait Ben Haddou.</div><div>Maps.me, the application, sends us somewhere, but not the oasis. </div><div>By now I am comfortable getting lost, I don't need internet.</div><div>We ask for directions and we finally find the way. </div><div>At the end of a desert ride - here the desert is black, black earth and black rocks, Here it is. The Oasis of Fint. Fint means hidden in the berber language. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3RiIUNkxc9o2E4IltvTgOHolIpkRAO21DAb45TGDEOBE4zfHAOFbAMKQQZ3oQv6pMBccd-46BgE-BuefEcFbZSbRLIgMZwHlj8VWZ8fpP39GsO7kWL4MniKKdtl3baoWDjIwfPBiUdtHo8TRN6mH6dzFneQB2ckVd-VZ7qOxkkQ6K-UqFsFcQgCKzQ/s4608/20221212_153612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3RiIUNkxc9o2E4IltvTgOHolIpkRAO21DAb45TGDEOBE4zfHAOFbAMKQQZ3oQv6pMBccd-46BgE-BuefEcFbZSbRLIgMZwHlj8VWZ8fpP39GsO7kWL4MniKKdtl3baoWDjIwfPBiUdtHo8TRN6mH6dzFneQB2ckVd-VZ7qOxkkQ6K-UqFsFcQgCKzQ/w320-h149/20221212_153612.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>There are people on the toop of the hill and a man asks us to take him home in the Oasis. </div><div>Throught our trip we did not take any hitchikers, we were too scared and we don't speak the language. This time we made an exeption. He speaks a little french and tels us he is a farmer, works for the collection of dates. Most of the palm trees in Morocco are date producing palm trees. He also works picking up olives. and any recolt he can find.</div><div>We are persuaded that his job is to take ignorant tourists from the top of the hill to the oasis and he is either going to ask for money or make us take him up again so he can pick up some other ignorant tourists.</div><div>Anyway, we follow him and he takes us in the Oasis. </div><div>He wants to take us at his home but we politely decline and he leaves to our big surprise. The first time someone does not ask for something. The guy just wanted to get home! </div><div>The Fint Oasis is really beautiful, palm trees surrounded by big rocks and water running in the middle.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbbh5ehFzEgAAGGNrtyV9Kp0fjm_eSg2zohIpeXz-yXYkXzTE4NTVs3luN0Ydkw0aZXHyVTHK5cnnZWWHHbigg2XBKhWj8HUtUKQ-P3tzEMfAfaaxuspDCEnebOSN_QfwasJNfy8KWk73U32V6xRs1ZvYjZNOtT18TQv0SnBtWYAiGswWDwOQArf1tw/s4608/20221212_152349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbbh5ehFzEgAAGGNrtyV9Kp0fjm_eSg2zohIpeXz-yXYkXzTE4NTVs3luN0Ydkw0aZXHyVTHK5cnnZWWHHbigg2XBKhWj8HUtUKQ-P3tzEMfAfaaxuspDCEnebOSN_QfwasJNfy8KWk73U32V6xRs1ZvYjZNOtT18TQv0SnBtWYAiGswWDwOQArf1tw/w200-h93/20221212_152349.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNG8Q3E9bQasIVtDzFa2kEVx5roS6IRoqhP0odcHu__j6vc4QMk1aXhbvQxhVhslDeL9d3K9ZpkHYBSr-7Jl5E65LbbIj-IXJY68FD23HnB-Azb6zPtcNhbQt0KSbEBb-urNWyuYM3-ywo4Xz-p4XWQ5B6r0wMX40EhLmQco1URfJv7_qgyOZyoV4clw/s2576/20221212_151731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I made a small video in the oasis.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X_N8YtREUEE" width="320" youtube-src-id="X_N8YtREUEE"></iframe></div>The rest of the day is spent doing what I wanted to do. Nothing. We sat at the campings' garden and read our books. 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She is a berber lady and you can see the kindness in her eyes. There are no other people in the resaturant, so we spend the night with Pascal. We have beer and wine after some days without alcohol. We have nice authentic Moroccan food and we share stories of this crazy country that is Morocco. It is a nice quiet night and tomorrow is our last big part on the road. We are heading off to Marrakesh, where we will leave the car and spend 2 days. travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-87082286159020937302022-12-25T13:21:00.002+02:002022-12-26T12:55:15.787+02:0011 December, From Midelt to Tinerhir, 256 klm, 4 h<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Iy-ytjEiqV7P0TIbOQX6g62meZ1U1w-okQonf107_ayreJDx963lz9KS3DvR0aw4IoOLPEBPaJLLajpzp3QRz1m1jahmQPtUthAjsPh2B8pAXVZCgn1K0PHqRnQSDMML7HlkDPE4SIgbNGik_OXYfCx536cXO2QG5a5XhJxtppBvCFS1HW7FcR2Q5Q/s4608/20221211_080517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Iy-ytjEiqV7P0TIbOQX6g62meZ1U1w-okQonf107_ayreJDx963lz9KS3DvR0aw4IoOLPEBPaJLLajpzp3QRz1m1jahmQPtUthAjsPh2B8pAXVZCgn1K0PHqRnQSDMML7HlkDPE4SIgbNGik_OXYfCx536cXO2QG5a5XhJxtppBvCFS1HW7FcR2Q5Q/w200-h93/20221211_080517.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Today is a new day. Our plan is to go south-west, at Tinerhir. <p></p><p>We don't have time to go to the desert at Merzouga, so our big stops from now on will be Tinerhir, Ouarzazat and Marrakesh. This itinerary, still involves a lot of kilometers as well as a lot of nice places to visit. </p><p>Our morning was spent in the car. From mountain rocks, tunnels and canyons, to vast plains, we were enchanted by the variety of lanscapes we saw. Moroccans drive always like crazy, not respecting at all the speed limits and passing you by in narrow streets with low visibility. I took a series of small videos and photos throughout the road! Enjoy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t4g1fBFODWE" width="320" youtube-src-id="t4g1fBFODWE"></iframe></div>Slowly the landscape became more and more red. 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In the moroccan roads you always see police controls. As the locals in Dakhla told us, they are not here to control you, they are here for your safety. I think they have a role obliging moroccans to try to follow the rules a little bit. So the only thing you have to do is slow down, stop and wait for them to wave so you can move on with your journey. </div><div>This time we didn't really stop, we let the car slide and mister policeman waved us to pull over. </div><div>I think his head tilted "tourists, lets make some money"</div><div>Because we did not stop, he started his act. </div><div>"Lets see your papers.</div><div>Ηe saw the papers, he made K. get our of the car and follow him... The police man clearly said "I could give you a speeding ticket but if you give me something, I could look away."</div><div>Ah good old corruption in it's finest!</div><div>We payed the fine and continued our journey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFwFqL9Km4m0JH_z3b1fqlJ7ryg750-febHd6U3niVUSQkOwipe7aIIQEhla928R0xR1wKTJVZ4oOfPdv-agdHkR4hZrZ4AcSd9AWNxHfiQ_-2QGW-rccILpIb8G_2d74Cw-3JoyUH-NJ9rEiVt9wafAmO2_gLPv4vxmju1OIsURRmdK4L4DnxmEUEg/s4608/20221211_124601%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFwFqL9Km4m0JH_z3b1fqlJ7ryg750-febHd6U3niVUSQkOwipe7aIIQEhla928R0xR1wKTJVZ4oOfPdv-agdHkR4hZrZ4AcSd9AWNxHfiQ_-2QGW-rccILpIb8G_2d74Cw-3JoyUH-NJ9rEiVt9wafAmO2_gLPv4vxmju1OIsURRmdK4L4DnxmEUEg/w200-h93/20221211_124601%20(1).jpg" width="200" /></a></div>After leaving our luggage in the hotel, off we go to explore the Tinerhir oasis and the Todra Gorge. The Oasis is very long, 48 kilometers and it is irrigated by the Todra river. This river gives the city life and is responsible for the amazing canyon. Stunning red landsape, with red towns and palm trees. 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It is near our hotel, five minutes walking distance. Once we approach the medina, a guy approches us. He has the same clothes as the guy in Midelt, berber headpiece and cloak. <div>There we go again... He wants to tell us about his association and how he needs a bit of publicity. We say thank you and goodbuy and continue to go around in the market. </div><div>He is following us from a distance. </div><div>We ignore him. </div><div>After an hour on walking around, we think he has dissappeared. No. He is still there. He has been following us all this time.</div><div>He approaches me once more to tell me he has a berber association and come with me and the only think I want is a little publicity. </div><div>I say thank you, we are not interested. </div><div>They are really persistent these people. I want to be a traveller, but let me be a traveller and discover my own path. I try to be polite but firm, set some boundaries. 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Everything is red red, the buildings, the rocks... People are kind and tourism is not that heavy. Here, you really feel the authenticity of Morocco.<br />Tomorrow we will be heading towards Ouarzazat. travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-21356001394499357212022-12-23T17:38:00.008+02:002022-12-23T17:38:52.601+02:0010 December, Meknes - Fes (65 klm,1h ), Fes - Midelt (200klm, 3.5h)<p> After a really big breakfast, off we go to visit Fes and it's famous tanneries!</p><p>It's a rainy morning we are afraid that we will see Fes in the rain, but it stopped when we arrived.</p><p>We go to the parking and there are guys that offer to take you on a tour in the tanneries. We are ok, we know that we have to pay for the parking, pay for the visit and buy something at the end of the visit. </p><p>We follow the guy that explains they still use ammonia and pigeon shit (??) to clean the skins. They also use curcuma, safran, and other natural colours to colour leather. The rain has dimisished the hiddeous smells of the tannery. There are so many people that work here, at the labyrith of this ancient factory... </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmpwINgywx_-jnIKfq69L0z5XjxStUck6PKPN_rWSBc60zcTDH0tZUJohG_8sQgd2LwjA2RlEml_vsYLqDfHmhWORSNOh9R8Irk6noXT0vYikg55Cf3CxkuI5Cl-O2oLzP2_dVJeIfLG9-TWbvZZXYiPGYbPsTHqT8Ka4pzI_DGP-0XsCCNqpfhqJNQ/s2576/20221210_112229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmpwINgywx_-jnIKfq69L0z5XjxStUck6PKPN_rWSBc60zcTDH0tZUJohG_8sQgd2LwjA2RlEml_vsYLqDfHmhWORSNOh9R8Irk6noXT0vYikg55Cf3CxkuI5Cl-O2oLzP2_dVJeIfLG9-TWbvZZXYiPGYbPsTHqT8Ka4pzI_DGP-0XsCCNqpfhqJNQ/w93-h200/20221210_112229.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8PLkaWsDI_pZ_ge3tkCr8GbXz-T4Uza_k49N0-CYL6UDwvTKj_4wmCQCYldof8479DDhJJiRKseJgcIb8ww9r_sjLrfTCuWPdISDnLSGw6k8V0ISOiPF-7ZdIIVogd_o0yWq4_jDVm-Orm-QLHUhsIMEYd7AMclO5xXZA_AYcNvMcDzKB5DpUpEREA/s4608/20221210_112124.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We only had to keep in mind the name of the gate so we could take a taxi back if we got out from another gate.</div><div>More spices, more fruit and vegetables, more clothes, more of everything. </div><div>Everytime you make a turn, the product changes, from meat, to vegetable, to fruit, to clothes, to souvenirs, to wood, to metal, to leather.... 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Instead of getting a taxi, we decided to walk on the outside of the gates. It was a wonderful decision because from a distance we saw the vastness of the city of Fes. The sun came out so it was really a nice walk. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlDYy4wrQwwrrydVEooshqP7-9Ko9Luni2a8NF4F4K-tmUQRyx_hhE1L2UnytmX94wE-WWrJNrd2IMFwPU6QZ9vZr6RZoem2Aqzq4BR9irT9LV1KGUbhCpCFq58fxUZAH_RMGCPZPt1PcrcDxm1ALp5re-mDocfD5nTN4hPgE_fJHP2zDm1kqk79YnQ/s4608/20221210_133231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlDYy4wrQwwrrydVEooshqP7-9Ko9Luni2a8NF4F4K-tmUQRyx_hhE1L2UnytmX94wE-WWrJNrd2IMFwPU6QZ9vZr6RZoem2Aqzq4BR9irT9LV1KGUbhCpCFq58fxUZAH_RMGCPZPt1PcrcDxm1ALp5re-mDocfD5nTN4hPgE_fJHP2zDm1kqk79YnQ/w200-h93/20221210_133231.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9llxMpTlwr8dLJUKVyRY-dT81B8MN7eiO7PGh4WjmAvEM7YHVlua1aWuLObIsb_Ty9Y_o3cOTPStWZDjap-q10uZNZFWr0yoWwveJ8GyulqLLCpqKQ6P9Jpq1M-ZtIGu1qoi8TZAypOG_WzEOSlces3NHNVuXtHIvudk_u3whS5UWK0F_V7S9g2dKA/s4608/20221210_133550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Crazy morrocan driving, befoore we hit the road in the mountains. World cup obliged, everyone in Morocco is football crazy. So there are flags everywhere. Another thing that strikes me is that even the red lights are in arabesque mode. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-wDswnf392RqfDPb_1UgI6_-KFjZc3jQ7p7mMMLnOIx3nd26Zf2xmnGiCVVd4E-rOAekTeR3gql98_HXSOf8WMkW5-EkBAvK9Lbrplwas_jXe1NPWXkgXZreZ2hT_5NQrcbOKsQ_QORhsqg7gdHKGpKDLHk_7o5jG15ht27J2A8MO25RhndF7PcIMQ/s4608/20221210_141811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-wDswnf392RqfDPb_1UgI6_-KFjZc3jQ7p7mMMLnOIx3nd26Zf2xmnGiCVVd4E-rOAekTeR3gql98_HXSOf8WMkW5-EkBAvK9Lbrplwas_jXe1NPWXkgXZreZ2hT_5NQrcbOKsQ_QORhsqg7gdHKGpKDLHk_7o5jG15ht27J2A8MO25RhndF7PcIMQ/w93-h200/20221210_141811.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K1NkPxm5c9wyTIZCys8R-goJ98QqEJMeMSeH7TYZvA71lbHhKWoPgXvYsqgZLiltkLnl3EuffNcgrgpBdWxsvKto4Rw439uF1NnLTVOTRY2TseT6qgkp6LFpmRBCshW3rE336cSgd4Vqqaw3DxbGUyhRRQjcO3w6yDNr886t0649U--pHd2D8RdxuQ/s4608/20221210_141816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K1NkPxm5c9wyTIZCys8R-goJ98QqEJMeMSeH7TYZvA71lbHhKWoPgXvYsqgZLiltkLnl3EuffNcgrgpBdWxsvKto4Rw439uF1NnLTVOTRY2TseT6qgkp6LFpmRBCshW3rE336cSgd4Vqqaw3DxbGUyhRRQjcO3w6yDNr886t0649U--pHd2D8RdxuQ/w93-h200/20221210_141816.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>The rain starts again and there is fog around the area of Ifrane, a western city in the Atlas mountains that is the Mont Blanc of Morocco. The buildings are like in the North of France, we feel like being in Europe. Here is the biggest Cedar forest in Morocco. It is eerie and out of this world. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVacudKIfQnpfTsQCC8XNjGZVKhCZpHyUVuOPRWk4L40cirqaZg3HN0AEmEaKHxuxQsT24Tk8mT-hwmrxOLgjsgQL0m6iSrSyHDvFUlXJVRT2qXxL1uSu_kuaFKMfnnlAf_WUyA0Vt9xG970V_6AIs5C-_tbNPhtwIWbCVj7P6QD1_XExfZDKanswOw/s4608/20221210_153128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVacudKIfQnpfTsQCC8XNjGZVKhCZpHyUVuOPRWk4L40cirqaZg3HN0AEmEaKHxuxQsT24Tk8mT-hwmrxOLgjsgQL0m6iSrSyHDvFUlXJVRT2qXxL1uSu_kuaFKMfnnlAf_WUyA0Vt9xG970V_6AIs5C-_tbNPhtwIWbCVj7P6QD1_XExfZDKanswOw/w93-h200/20221210_153128.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXp1m93oKZfNUi-YNeo0QQrcx_h6qRc-sDZhT1zRNeNMQ_ih-FZn_7g-M_1VXvmkE2NHBflzc0QaStCKMr1eigPiizBAfMz3YGB66VR8BUUgxDdL2sQ5CVwnXi567XlJmSvCFDg112J2j13CCY8MJzy9FejQOToElwZcwNvc-cLWfXsnZj6c6c4yLguQ/s4608/20221210_153132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXp1m93oKZfNUi-YNeo0QQrcx_h6qRc-sDZhT1zRNeNMQ_ih-FZn_7g-M_1VXvmkE2NHBflzc0QaStCKMr1eigPiizBAfMz3YGB66VR8BUUgxDdL2sQ5CVwnXi567XlJmSvCFDg112J2j13CCY8MJzy9FejQOToElwZcwNvc-cLWfXsnZj6c6c4yLguQ/w93-h200/20221210_153132.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmS5P1gdF1yuirwdg5xBa2v4o_nTNgmpXlvG05T8DwMRUTG2-PMM9j2xyU15n7kD20GtnFN96wmNzse3DzqybIRjgGZRiAH3KVKCARWP9s5zNlHYhSLJMfer_l18AAvRtzaPiO4ZOzjrBINISw4ZoxSYTHw1rf4l3bbPtSZtwU4i_qzRgizmEb5Bovvw/s4608/20221210_153628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmS5P1gdF1yuirwdg5xBa2v4o_nTNgmpXlvG05T8DwMRUTG2-PMM9j2xyU15n7kD20GtnFN96wmNzse3DzqybIRjgGZRiAH3KVKCARWP9s5zNlHYhSLJMfer_l18AAvRtzaPiO4ZOzjrBINISw4ZoxSYTHw1rf4l3bbPtSZtwU4i_qzRgizmEb5Bovvw/s320/20221210_153628.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>At some point we are driving and K. tells me "I saw a monkey!" Whaaat? A monkey? In the cedar woods? Yes we saw them! Too scared to get out of the car, we photograph them from a distance. They are so cute and fluffy and they just look at you! I don't think I ever saw a monkey before! Especially in its natural habitat... The photos are really really bad, but they are my photos and they will always be in my heart and in my memory.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6K_8P61nzlHEpgg4mpL3b0eTMZE1_L6yavM1dTrxsABruFOGEQBm7RytM8U4dU9wx98xyfdrRCbu7H-s9qjVxZMd9YuEaE_mSvk1DkL7X6BiazMgQ8haVfIx89US9uWw5UUIiFPXOSmkVmyQtct4fnNOGaLTxccx5vnzsmR9z_wGaAqWDslUWxbyvw/s4608/20221210_155754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6K_8P61nzlHEpgg4mpL3b0eTMZE1_L6yavM1dTrxsABruFOGEQBm7RytM8U4dU9wx98xyfdrRCbu7H-s9qjVxZMd9YuEaE_mSvk1DkL7X6BiazMgQ8haVfIx89US9uWw5UUIiFPXOSmkVmyQtct4fnNOGaLTxccx5vnzsmR9z_wGaAqWDslUWxbyvw/w200-h93/20221210_155754.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHdL9O_6b2iA318Jipt5D4S6uaq0yzy3cEE6HImiB6JGBeIQnkOTIhOwFwjLF-x_GxgT8mBeW2CkCHVPjuu6sJlO81grOeBK9IyAvhxGrhFb-AK7VKxEJln-HkYTlOZESVdxwa6tjFt2_1_5WZYUxGY_Y_2soCwaZG0qioApCTNkFGzvMz1nS4s3a5w/s4608/20221210_155756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHdL9O_6b2iA318Jipt5D4S6uaq0yzy3cEE6HImiB6JGBeIQnkOTIhOwFwjLF-x_GxgT8mBeW2CkCHVPjuu6sJlO81grOeBK9IyAvhxGrhFb-AK7VKxEJln-HkYTlOZESVdxwa6tjFt2_1_5WZYUxGY_Y_2soCwaZG0qioApCTNkFGzvMz1nS4s3a5w/w200-h93/20221210_155756.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6U8ApUqZHzf2woD42cEnFv5VESv80cVpv4kHVQASNBONazbq_seB037UxpSiF7LNyIpInwSbN5h1L0EbjYy9dphc_1BGSHEITQ81abOVwwzzBV54OiX-a3vV_YeEwd1NxR5g4NGOHFzk3FfNLZiIx2dmIZbC8ttHzQ9BX1d6sen5APTkv9r5IOl5jGQ/s4608/20221210_155801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6U8ApUqZHzf2woD42cEnFv5VESv80cVpv4kHVQASNBONazbq_seB037UxpSiF7LNyIpInwSbN5h1L0EbjYy9dphc_1BGSHEITQ81abOVwwzzBV54OiX-a3vV_YeEwd1NxR5g4NGOHFzk3FfNLZiIx2dmIZbC8ttHzQ9BX1d6sen5APTkv9r5IOl5jGQ/w200-h93/20221210_155801.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKs_LLnegV9M6V6ey6ZICVoe2O2Ao930cA_mf-HrxHnFZM0O9PYmSzzLWdzUGfCS8Df9EGZFu-A5Yhd4lQKBcorW5Vd3FRmP-OUlod1VHmvYHtTu1F911jMcn7YCpPqCM6QT8aYIPcLMrNm2kszlAUEhJyUcF6W8e5gwSuUD4pHKT5V117B--PhKnB1Q/s4608/20221210_155803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKs_LLnegV9M6V6ey6ZICVoe2O2Ao930cA_mf-HrxHnFZM0O9PYmSzzLWdzUGfCS8Df9EGZFu-A5Yhd4lQKBcorW5Vd3FRmP-OUlod1VHmvYHtTu1F911jMcn7YCpPqCM6QT8aYIPcLMrNm2kszlAUEhJyUcF6W8e5gwSuUD4pHKT5V117B--PhKnB1Q/w200-h93/20221210_155803.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>This is a video I made on the road to Midelt. Hope you enjoy it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PiIgl23qOl8" width="320" youtube-src-id="PiIgl23qOl8"></iframe></div>We arrived at Midelt late in the afternoon. I searched for the hotel in the application maps.me but I did not find it. I found another one 3 hours from Midelt. We start looking around but we cannot find it. We try the traditional way of finding things: ASKING! <div>There is this guy on our car window. He is dressed as a Berber, head piece and cloak. Yes he knows where the hotel is but he does not want to say where, unless </div><div>a. we give him money</div><div>b. we go at his house because he supposedly has an artisan association and he needs some publicity.</div><div>We are really tired from the road and we don't want to go at this place. He is clinging on our open window and does not want to let us go. K. is very polite and I don't understand why he does not move the car to leave this guy. I try to make signs to make him start the car. He finally starts the car.</div><div>It is not over. </div><div>Morocco just won a very important football match and EVERYBODY starts going out and sceaming with joy for their victory. </div><div>We drive around but don't find everything.</div><div>Tears start building up in my head.</div><div>We are lost, we are tired, nobody wants to help us, the streets are clogging up with people, I don't have any internet. I regret deeply not having bought a sim card yesterday. </div><div>Tears start running down my cheeks. I am in total panic.</div><div>K. keeps his calm and tries to take me out of my crisis and tells me I need to be an adult.</div><div>We are in front of the police house and the roundabout in front of us has an giant apple in the middle. </div><div>We call the hotel. The guy tells us we are just there, we just need to go around the roundabaout and turn left.</div><div>Meanwhile the crowd starts thickening. All the Midelt poeple with all their cars are out and they are screaming, honking, running, being happy.</div><div>I gather myself and we start going around in circles. The night is coming. Streets are either closed by the police to help the crowd celebrate, or clogged by people who want to celebrate their victory.</div><div>My sense of orientation is exellent, always, so I give K. directions. After driving in the parallel, less crowded streets, I see it in front of me. I had seen pictures and I recognise the hotel. WE ARE SAVED.</div><div>We leave the car, take our luggage, congradulate the Moroccan guy in the reception. </div><div>He offers us mint moroccan tea to welcome us.</div><div>The room door closes behind me and I break down in tears in the arms of my K.</div><div>I am mad with rage and panic. WHY DID I FUCKING NOT BUY THIS FUCKING SIM CARD? Why did I let myself get lost? How could I not anticipate? </div><div>This moment of total dispair.</div><div>He calmly explains to me that not only we were lost, not only he was driving in a crazy country for hours, not only he was tired, he also had someone at this side who was losing her shit and crying. <br /><div>I have this conversation with him, but I am really having a conversation with myself. </div><div><div>Rather screaming than conversing...</div><div>At first I said it was he who made me not buy this sim. We are in an unknown country, we don't speak the language, whenever we ask a question at somebody they try to scam us... The least I could have is a bloody sim card to be able to speak with my friend google. </div><div>Slowly I turn things towards myself. Am I really not capable of getting lost? Am I really unable to ask for directions? Am I really that dependent of this google shit? </div><div>No. I'll rise above the situation, stop crying and screaming and be an adult. </div><div>I never got this sim card. </div><div>The rest of the trip was a conscient decision to be prepared in advance. </div><div>From now on we checked that the next hotel was included in maps.me. </div><div>This was one of the strongest emotoinal moments of the trip. <br /><div><div>My man always stays calm when I have moments like that. He lets me have my crisis an talks to me. I really can count on him when I lose my shit and I can count on myself to quickly analyse my emotions and my situation and calm myself down. We are a very strong team.</div><div>After this rollercoaster of emotions, we need to eat.</div><div>The guy from the hotel sends us at the restaurant called Merzouga Restaurant (no he didn't ask for a tip, ouf) just down the street.<br /><div>Midelt is at a 1500 altitude so it's cold! </div><div>This restaurant is really typical with a very atypical guy! He is called Cherif, and he stole our hearts. I was "the gazelle" K. was "le roi". We ate tajuine made by his wife and sweets made by his mother. When we asked to pay, he said he wanted 15 euros for the meal. We gave him a lot more of course and finished this weird amazing day with a smile. 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YI_AW7oRayg" width="320" youtube-src-id="YI_AW7oRayg"></iframe></div><div><div><br /></div><div><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-52447872907450526112022-12-22T11:53:00.004+02:002022-12-23T16:35:35.180+02:009 December, from Casamblanca to Meknes, 244klm, 3h<p> Yesterday we decided that our next stop will be Meknes. </p><p>We would do most of the road and we are just next to Fes, which we will visit next day. </p><p>We get up early because the guy with the car would come at 9 o clock. </p><p>After a really big breakfast, we take our luggage and go to the reception at 9 - 9.30 </p><p>The same guy as yesterday tells us he will call the guys with the car. They will take 20 minutes to get there. No we can't wait, we need to get on the road! After a little bit of hesitation, we got out in the rain. Oh yes! it is raining! What a lovely adventure hi hi hi! My friend google had told me there is a car rental agency not far away and whey are very trust worthy.</p><p>We leave the receptionist and the no hot water hotel and walk to the agency. The rain has stopped thanks to our good star above. </p><p>We arrive at the agency, it is on the ninth floor of a huge building and guess what? The elevator does not work. There is an old Moroccan guy at the entrance and he calls them. They don't have any cars available. The old guy gets his tip and this is a tip well spent because he really helped us. </p><p>Plan B for your travellers. Hertz is global, no fear of getting scammed, it's just around the corner and we try our chance. A nice lady tells us there is a small car available, the price for 5 days is ok and the terms of rental lucrative. After an hour of paperwork and many pre-rental photos, we take the road. </p><p>Moroccans drive like crazy. I'm not even thinking of getting out my camera and filming. I am so stressed! </p><p>The road to Meknes is easy, mostly big highways like in Europe. </p><p>We arrived to our hotel which was outside the city. (<a href="https://direct-book.com/properties/HotelplaisanceDIRECT?locale=en&_gads_gcid=731734140&_gads_gclabel=1GYcCOzFp7MBEPzA9dwC&_gha_gcid=100588786&_gha_phid=d610f17d-8d95-4193-9174-334b527b33bd&_src=DemandPlus&booking_source=organic&campaign_id=&checkInDate=2022-12-27&checkOutDate=2022-12-28&country=FR&currency=EUR&device=desktop&meta=Google&utm_source=GoogleHotelAds&items[0][adults]=2&items[0][children]=0&items[0][infants]=0&items[0][rateId]=512671&trackPage=no" target="_blank">Hotel Plaisance</a> in case you wanna check it out) There is a private parking so we feel safe leaving the car there. </p><p>Once we are settled we leave the luggage and off we go to explore the Imperial City of Meknes, one of the Unesco World Heritage. </p><p>For just 2 euros we can take a taxi to the center and not worry about crazy moroccan driving.</p><p>Wanna see how they drive? Here is a small sample, better understood with the sound on. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyG7JcPIXqDiiDqnzcK18HvGvz2mKdMdN_Ho_fqTYzcdwcD4stmlLaYlExKhPJouzuJXb4WhLw4BN69zljN4w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Meknes is a two part city. 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Flocks of storks residing everywhere on the ancient walls of the city! Storks and swallows come to Greece in Spring and they leave in Automn. Where do they go? In Morocco! Oh my god I love seeing them here! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLuW5mi0Zp0YkZzl_uytb8aUKUSiCGska52cbLXQVnFeypLTAHk_MYa6N5RQLWOqMJB5Zq-nvkK2w1tTbp8eoqhwQCt2j0HRiyFOQnW66B4owCJR-HNY0wxrgOP1Q-uUCK0h8OQ3BRFBdZPLqojWaP7Jb-f3xRJ03SkyDlEyO6icvDX9ASoeh-YSB-Q/s4608/20221209_174230.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLuW5mi0Zp0YkZzl_uytb8aUKUSiCGska52cbLXQVnFeypLTAHk_MYa6N5RQLWOqMJB5Zq-nvkK2w1tTbp8eoqhwQCt2j0HRiyFOQnW66B4owCJR-HNY0wxrgOP1Q-uUCK0h8OQ3BRFBdZPLqojWaP7Jb-f3xRJ03SkyDlEyO6icvDX9ASoeh-YSB-Q/w200-h93/20221209_174230.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlc4z5fOLgIB-rjk30lQ3Am1K_8I-j5YSv4Mo_2EcDWX6Rm91HysWg9aIOoSaGlq7Ce4mkWE_vcVZJg5fH7FakYzVPuGNEPep2SsHxx9EnVfpQ5vVr3vCBcHLcjDTTAAer0WjsyBORg2X97efjl_rpkMtF_5bD1b6SQBegPbqOkYeVdmlXJko-iMHYw/s4608/20221209_174412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlc4z5fOLgIB-rjk30lQ3Am1K_8I-j5YSv4Mo_2EcDWX6Rm91HysWg9aIOoSaGlq7Ce4mkWE_vcVZJg5fH7FakYzVPuGNEPep2SsHxx9EnVfpQ5vVr3vCBcHLcjDTTAAer0WjsyBORg2X97efjl_rpkMtF_5bD1b6SQBegPbqOkYeVdmlXJko-iMHYw/w200-h93/20221209_174412.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>After walking around it's time to eat! We try to find a nice moroccan restaurant, but in vain, the only thing we find is Pizza and snacks and touristic places that we don't like. <div>My friend Google is not available (see below) but we remember we saw a restaurant while walking. Our instict was right. Nice food - couscous and tajine - at a nice price at "Palais Salma".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGp3jk5jtQK1kDmAO8fDKntltjON723jt8Dp38AKZ8U8aSYpYf8Uma9ecfWJKHJqktje_6tAFGXfaTpU73nM3GLDYkkguDSPowtPZwJQSjbRUtZd3O1aMfRbmNl1DhUa-f1fkHkSc0_O_3G800A9P-W8nDpYlW8oWIAyd-bBWtA8Nm9hzQp1dq3yaSg/s4608/20221209_191653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGp3jk5jtQK1kDmAO8fDKntltjON723jt8Dp38AKZ8U8aSYpYf8Uma9ecfWJKHJqktje_6tAFGXfaTpU73nM3GLDYkkguDSPowtPZwJQSjbRUtZd3O1aMfRbmNl1DhUa-f1fkHkSc0_O_3G800A9P-W8nDpYlW8oWIAyd-bBWtA8Nm9hzQp1dq3yaSg/w93-h200/20221209_191653.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucPIsNiL1DqEO1V2cf5lEfpT9LLOYWIqzfR-_1l6ndEPJ-le2D09ZDyGbNBlMzA-x_dBZfQDoWac_n7n_Q8rwowyzJ9X5C5Yn927EZWF3NIurGZPHQP3ziu7bFAeZeR0TJImXvR076IjgMFn5W-C0qfG9pCneCYFMe6CSpCpPHpb0SMMb_1DgsbcI_Q/s4608/20221209_193513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucPIsNiL1DqEO1V2cf5lEfpT9LLOYWIqzfR-_1l6ndEPJ-le2D09ZDyGbNBlMzA-x_dBZfQDoWac_n7n_Q8rwowyzJ9X5C5Yn927EZWF3NIurGZPHQP3ziu7bFAeZeR0TJImXvR076IjgMFn5W-C0qfG9pCneCYFMe6CSpCpPHpb0SMMb_1DgsbcI_Q/w93-h200/20221209_193513.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5AvKCSOfjS1UO0VqSV0fiocGCYVe1g6AuYgeoRO-u-Tvwb0jn2be1w2vsV3qEIiMXyP6si75ziijsc7dzXioeJ-1fk-oOYtfhkYi_XIzCzo3kpp6rqIkAPdJqzFOLR0CMuX2mdxbbve9O--B4Q5Hz4vEdG90jL4C-IqgnE-gSL3-ErmP0Ze6pJAEEA/s4608/20221209_201723.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5AvKCSOfjS1UO0VqSV0fiocGCYVe1g6AuYgeoRO-u-Tvwb0jn2be1w2vsV3qEIiMXyP6si75ziijsc7dzXioeJ-1fk-oOYtfhkYi_XIzCzo3kpp6rqIkAPdJqzFOLR0CMuX2mdxbbve9O--B4Q5Hz4vEdG90jL4C-IqgnE-gSL3-ErmP0Ze6pJAEEA/s320/20221209_201723.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><b>Internet</b></div><div><div>At this point I would like to make a parenthesis. Since we left Casablanca with the car I have limited internet connection. My Greek provider does not work and my French provider charged me 60 euros for half a giga. </div><div>The rental car lady told me to get a moroccan sim card to get internet. </div><div>It was tempting but K. told me it's ok, we could do without and I played along, thinking it would be a nice experience not to have internet sometimes.</div><div>The car we rented did not have a GPS, so it would require anticipation as far as the GPS was concerned, register a road on google maps when you have internet and mister google will take you there without internet, it keeps your destination in its' memory. </div><div>We also had an application called Maps.me which is a GPS that works off line and includes hotels and restaurants. We were safe in my opinion. </div><div>However, being the control freak that I am, eveytime I saw a small shop for moblile phones, I said, I'll get a sim card. Everytime K. said don't, we don't need it. So I didn't.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The day was over, we returned to the hotel for a nice sleep. </div></div></div>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-38316717118300668472022-12-20T16:53:00.004+02:002022-12-20T16:53:47.956+02:00Casablanca, 8 December 2022 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;">This trip is dedicated to Freeda. We had the most wonderful life toghether and now that she is gone, she has given me the freedom to travel without having to worry about where she will stay. Be well my wonderful fantastic, free, dog companion.</b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSBaZuwJwBuV1YMaSu4_r3Y8Do-hRVeQzWc-UhedEvlSNuFiWinY08NmSy-oHVdjnoI9Sv6wCPPHk5vE2BNI3j5uD6Az6sVReYCFGHRQouyrGJRYNwws5DXIBGOwa0fPbKY5_iQh3T19FEU6z4LDIfzr1gir6ldfwsPC7P5QZIlQHAtzGP-GBqSwX5Q/s4608/20221208_091527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSBaZuwJwBuV1YMaSu4_r3Y8Do-hRVeQzWc-UhedEvlSNuFiWinY08NmSy-oHVdjnoI9Sv6wCPPHk5vE2BNI3j5uD6Az6sVReYCFGHRQouyrGJRYNwws5DXIBGOwa0fPbKY5_iQh3T19FEU6z4LDIfzr1gir6ldfwsPC7P5QZIlQHAtzGP-GBqSwX5Q/w93-h200/20221208_091527.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfuL5QeAakMmG9vW9LxKXsvR_SBJ5gGAGvqXiOVp-df54wPI_xp_OPtCjmkiA_S6J7I5OxJd2Nk5A4qwMIQrz8wkfJci3ZhYLzorHZT83thvgOhwxrb7e_9jmS5m5Z0yq3Z-VDB0pmSPf1CxqXx2_nDAas0Vgr5mtJzfW0CHtr0enHS7FkpaK8794Rg/s4608/20221208_105604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfuL5QeAakMmG9vW9LxKXsvR_SBJ5gGAGvqXiOVp-df54wPI_xp_OPtCjmkiA_S6J7I5OxJd2Nk5A4qwMIQrz8wkfJci3ZhYLzorHZT83thvgOhwxrb7e_9jmS5m5Z0yq3Z-VDB0pmSPf1CxqXx2_nDAas0Vgr5mtJzfW0CHtr0enHS7FkpaK8794Rg/w200-h93/20221208_105604.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1eC234cc5idKO-zc40y5z-8-H-hSiaTj5Q67tNNVzX41TeFXZpOTRF68kheyWXb4hURQFEmSUVCap1EWpPqWBGRMeHVTxIBJgzqEXJPSaD-cgsUwcuVyqNeYmYmpMhh8UGzgn-NR3eUY-wG5mq9hQTiREPSl2lAX58suHAS31pNzcQuahNpfj0eI4Q/s4608/20221208_091607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1eC234cc5idKO-zc40y5z-8-H-hSiaTj5Q67tNNVzX41TeFXZpOTRF68kheyWXb4hURQFEmSUVCap1EWpPqWBGRMeHVTxIBJgzqEXJPSaD-cgsUwcuVyqNeYmYmpMhh8UGzgn-NR3eUY-wG5mq9hQTiREPSl2lAX58suHAS31pNzcQuahNpfj0eI4Q/w93-h200/20221208_091607.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>The rest of our trip is not at all organised. We only have some limited information. Here is what we know.<p></p><p>We fly from Dakhla to Casablanca. </p><p>From Casablanca we hire a car and we organise our trip step by step, day by day.</p><p>We fly back to France on the 15th of December from Marrakesh.</p><p>Being the control freak that I am, not knowing exactly what I am going to do, gives me anxiety. It also teaches me I need to take a step back from being a control freak and follow the flow. K. is a calming power over me, giving me the reassurance that everything will be ok. </p><p>Before we arrived to Casablanca, I thought the hotel would give us a ride from the airport. I then came to my Travellerlina's senses and said there must be trains to the center of Casablanca! So yes, we took the train. This is the advantage of travelling light, with a back pack and a small suitcase. Not only we payed less for the trip, but we also got in the real world of Casablanca, the smells of spice, the people crowded like sardins in a can, luggage everywhere... the real Morocco. </p><p>Get out of the train, we have 15 minutes of walking. Being the warriors that we are, and with our friend Google, we decided it is do-able.</p><p>Get out of the train, a taxi man is offering his services. K. is listening, but me, I am Greek. When you get out of a station in Athens (train or bus) you never ever trust the mafia taxi drivers. I play the bitch lady that leaves on foot. </p><p>It is relatively easy to find the hotel. We leave our stuff and off we go to explore the city. </p><p>Casablanca is a 4 million people city and we are only staying for a day. We are walking towards the Hassan II mosque, the biggest mosque in africa. Built in 1994 it is the kind of Vatican-like mega structure that religion uses to impress you and tell you how small you are. </p><p>Walking to the mosque, we pass from the big european avenues of the center, to the poor slum neighbourhoods of Casablanca. The french call them "bidon-ville", the city made out of bidon, tins. Such a contrast! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgXwqP21L7_mf5t74ZhthlsWJn5IsyLI_a3pTVDD1Die4ZVPRfhM0Z0JT4UEEFqu2sPte4H6W_-XnGsEYunJo15gIWTpYmCjf5bbmWATZgRipEknFpJJlB6hU8k9ura2WBgqFeE9nnIo3qfAIhStqyHC-Z1eQhPe3FuCb6JUKZmXPN8GO8AYHUoLoJQ/s4608/20221208_144536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgXwqP21L7_mf5t74ZhthlsWJn5IsyLI_a3pTVDD1Die4ZVPRfhM0Z0JT4UEEFqu2sPte4H6W_-XnGsEYunJo15gIWTpYmCjf5bbmWATZgRipEknFpJJlB6hU8k9ura2WBgqFeE9nnIo3qfAIhStqyHC-Z1eQhPe3FuCb6JUKZmXPN8GO8AYHUoLoJQ/w93-h200/20221208_144536.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuC7NPscLwaN2n511LOF2SCP4W0Cc5Cv4HY7xWElZWZRZz1aih_pFSwBm4qxPVDdj51p19szTUN9EMCOroylyw0rWMVruwdSltP-pJPFX0RwzKamp5yRAODjKJeJ968X0lxRaybJQEywDTRnyqALafEvNuNQLD__lgeM3ZUGWG2Nb48bS0H6OHA921ng/s4608/20221208_143306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuC7NPscLwaN2n511LOF2SCP4W0Cc5Cv4HY7xWElZWZRZz1aih_pFSwBm4qxPVDdj51p19szTUN9EMCOroylyw0rWMVruwdSltP-pJPFX0RwzKamp5yRAODjKJeJ968X0lxRaybJQEywDTRnyqALafEvNuNQLD__lgeM3ZUGWG2Nb48bS0H6OHA921ng/w93-h200/20221208_143306.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5M9nwDSCdY7BBjqNws_-l_f5sDmAXjNDPG_ycrupsfRvSTheRP365VGuZ4LjB1-gogtWR5pKu80-YXg6WYkCgRSWXpdORAe489Ix9NUNWMlWqmkmdkJ8daQxgT-Z_N_fBZw_5BMtKzPAtKNan8r8g7BSxmGBriaa5G6c_8YRuGL40iXGNcn5i8MvHA/s4608/20221208_143755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5M9nwDSCdY7BBjqNws_-l_f5sDmAXjNDPG_ycrupsfRvSTheRP365VGuZ4LjB1-gogtWR5pKu80-YXg6WYkCgRSWXpdORAe489Ix9NUNWMlWqmkmdkJ8daQxgT-Z_N_fBZw_5BMtKzPAtKNan8r8g7BSxmGBriaa5G6c_8YRuGL40iXGNcn5i8MvHA/w200-h93/20221208_143755.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceiX3v8JXIG6M5J3nFmDOANHPZDweXZGvYayIc2HVmxy0mV0p6jMZ9lNzs5KPPeZEo960j9uqbyM8TECGXjuaTtksOIFGBPKpfVmWGacjl1Kn3Q4PpcTJPkqmAvP3cOBCDzz1M7T0g2OTCMiNSpEXM9aLQFNmjU8Lzdq_G49LLG-TSMfOHonav_c-ow/s4608/20221208_143317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceiX3v8JXIG6M5J3nFmDOANHPZDweXZGvYayIc2HVmxy0mV0p6jMZ9lNzs5KPPeZEo960j9uqbyM8TECGXjuaTtksOIFGBPKpfVmWGacjl1Kn3Q4PpcTJPkqmAvP3cOBCDzz1M7T0g2OTCMiNSpEXM9aLQFNmjU8Lzdq_G49LLG-TSMfOHonav_c-ow/w200-h93/20221208_143317.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The mosque is closed and we have to wait to get in the yard. The inside of the mosque is forbiden to non muslims - talk about tolerance... K. thinks I have to see the inside of the yard, he's already seen it and tells me it is worth the wait. So we wait. The outside is really beautiful. The sea waves of the Atlantic Ocean, touch the shores of Casablanca and the walls of the mosque.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMyNHFmMFODe7uJ2SkxnY95gGJilZFDgncA-ydMPgjAlm-xEJxeSajt2OdhTMn_X4zwW2Eff_eVUw5wyEoQikDK2_BBM4YMKWPsgs0-t30Ja4UcH-V0RwERVIZ-Z1-qHpw7eyrMBvvYUeBSjlPsglLvV55aZKgxTF7whxWvvgd8mmKsA0ZysggWtdwQ/s2576/20221208_145726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2576" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMyNHFmMFODe7uJ2SkxnY95gGJilZFDgncA-ydMPgjAlm-xEJxeSajt2OdhTMn_X4zwW2Eff_eVUw5wyEoQikDK2_BBM4YMKWPsgs0-t30Ja4UcH-V0RwERVIZ-Z1-qHpw7eyrMBvvYUeBSjlPsglLvV55aZKgxTF7whxWvvgd8mmKsA0ZysggWtdwQ/w200-h93/20221208_145726.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmpiiXnEE7dcXNfaFDH0Mbh7vmhT1X9Kkbs-u5lzkAPl3xOfGyOw9HYvNt2JWiI6NNLewcchNqRXTcvmMITFZpQBctKCrw1pen3rHubscJkEsHQt3lszaRyKoKtGYMxK78NdSxVpMVphnvyk1wiUF3-Xb_fNVYSLCE6vkfp7PwBqbuHYo0oWrE7lfZw/s4608/20221208_145734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmpiiXnEE7dcXNfaFDH0Mbh7vmhT1X9Kkbs-u5lzkAPl3xOfGyOw9HYvNt2JWiI6NNLewcchNqRXTcvmMITFZpQBctKCrw1pen3rHubscJkEsHQt3lszaRyKoKtGYMxK78NdSxVpMVphnvyk1wiUF3-Xb_fNVYSLCE6vkfp7PwBqbuHYo0oWrE7lfZw/w200-h93/20221208_145734.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74A8Oc3Qu6gn7jrZdsujBAJLItfkEyjjud-fXl0ywNluc88fFv6whW5XnMhwnguROgLTT8p9ksr80Sk2ZPoxaWU7J4uJbg5OFv2r-TbWhTnuco8qpgops-OmSIT51cjrK54fLVEvroQMrey7SNAJBXj04A1-XguPkCb7rBThola72XydEozozKFUfhQ/s4608/20221208_145737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74A8Oc3Qu6gn7jrZdsujBAJLItfkEyjjud-fXl0ywNluc88fFv6whW5XnMhwnguROgLTT8p9ksr80Sk2ZPoxaWU7J4uJbg5OFv2r-TbWhTnuco8qpgops-OmSIT51cjrK54fLVEvroQMrey7SNAJBXj04A1-XguPkCb7rBThola72XydEozozKFUfhQ/w200-h93/20221208_145737.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiooclRv9vOm_wttJdszpwfbImVEYp4se8jNivynFOIsADFQsZGxVmLsZT_xN8fZJGrfc-wLveNZ1DaHseVq3MwynDAhNcrba2AqWaNXjSYiXWmQrfu1EC8FfXje4pxhQIA4r0KGr3gddV4NVgA5nrcM3f-IaPdfeG3kdS0nyWSgQuO1MnidRVxT7L3zg/s4608/20221208_151507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiooclRv9vOm_wttJdszpwfbImVEYp4se8jNivynFOIsADFQsZGxVmLsZT_xN8fZJGrfc-wLveNZ1DaHseVq3MwynDAhNcrba2AqWaNXjSYiXWmQrfu1EC8FfXje4pxhQIA4r0KGr3gddV4NVgA5nrcM3f-IaPdfeG3kdS0nyWSgQuO1MnidRVxT7L3zg/w200-h93/20221208_151507.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Time passes and we go inside. I do think of St. Peter's cathedral in the Vatican. It is so big! Beautiful arabesque patterns, colorful mosaics, enormous carved wooden doors, decorated arches, fountains in the shape of stars... it is really amazing.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkFLXdyap_Y94W4hOdocuhdbFTbSvCJuuA2QH0zoViHpCw0FVuO6PaePoZytejTtPyn9olsv_pSjytyCGWDM4RGcXX3TZcwJjbYaOOmACD9_6AzjprfVZpURwhJNLprcUipJEFW7UW96ry_T5Uziov0AaQnlZG5PP1NoMuq2bVaYgrjURECFX-ezSHg/s4608/20221208_161132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkFLXdyap_Y94W4hOdocuhdbFTbSvCJuuA2QH0zoViHpCw0FVuO6PaePoZytejTtPyn9olsv_pSjytyCGWDM4RGcXX3TZcwJjbYaOOmACD9_6AzjprfVZpURwhJNLprcUipJEFW7UW96ry_T5Uziov0AaQnlZG5PP1NoMuq2bVaYgrjURECFX-ezSHg/w93-h200/20221208_161132.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKpVtCY2nFPAgrXByCtKN5v6YnLNLFGvwrDhMNonc4BeaCVL28BxCjwPhIwbN3bmhQiy7LirprWWGatGLC2LVvybHsrRPn4XhN30Cm-M0jrTjuL6Qp6vsECAvZ--TWhZ8b7mPzQV-yQGRz7zOjd1Q7cdsvHwmvk4eKTixvNz-eoO5Fona0eHSYPXAjQ/s4608/20221208_161327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We start to get the feeling, the vibe of the city. Small shops, small restaurants... I am a little shy to take out my camera, but no stress, as the trip progressed, I was a lot less afraid to take it out!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJM7yCREJnQKhbuPJw1igv0GECGDTUmbfUJ6FzQ0dzFP_CEjrtAEXQPLXy2Nhi67ut8sfA4CtJaHcdPfJ-HrQwyDD50v1fdqLAui5__Zx194HBlYcXU0PFLKhU0HazNPvOCtnlq0sbNMNb-ouEpoDy0syY5doL5SwrAGwGphRFkcJ1BwofdwV83IP7Pg/s4608/20221208_163559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJM7yCREJnQKhbuPJw1igv0GECGDTUmbfUJ6FzQ0dzFP_CEjrtAEXQPLXy2Nhi67ut8sfA4CtJaHcdPfJ-HrQwyDD50v1fdqLAui5__Zx194HBlYcXU0PFLKhU0HazNPvOCtnlq0sbNMNb-ouEpoDy0syY5doL5SwrAGwGphRFkcJ1BwofdwV83IP7Pg/w93-h200/20221208_163559.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPfwSnZffM4Tko0TdcOdPI1W0BANYnrlvMAiG835iWnYZlY73CLokGGmX6qXEA4mokyMm7IHawUG-kakwQP5J7o6KXiA2DPVXlnMY2Dk1CBdBz-JhFXmw-9CgHkJKXKn_0nuYYdT6X0kYNWrjQDco8qeIe4HDA9G4leFSeFM8I345fQZLzwGL5uudFg/s4608/20221208_163642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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How many hours are we walking? How many kilometers have we walked? Dakhla training - walking in the sand - was giving fruits. Nevertheless I was really tired. A little pause in the hotel. </div><div>A little about the hotel. Big city hotel, in the center, everything was at walking distance. We were on the 6th floor overlooking buildings, nothing ecxhiting. It was basic and we soon realised it had no hot water. If you decide to visit Casablanca do not go there. It is called <a href="https://majestic-hotel-casablanca.hotel-ds.com/en/" target="_blank">The Majestic</a>. Hopefully it was just for one night, so we didn't give it much thought. </div><div>We asked the guy in the reception to find us a car and he said tomorrow morning a car would wait for us at 9 in the morning for 5 days and we could give it back at Marrackesh.</div><div>With the serenity of this information, we found a restaurant 5 minutes walk from the hotel and we went to have dinner. It is called <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.fr/Restaurant_Review-g293732-d1205933-Reviews-Al_Mounia-Casablanca_Casablanca_Settat.html?m=19905" target="_blank">Al Mounia</a> and you can see it's really touristic. It is very expensive for moroccan standards and full of westerners, french, americans, british... Anyway, the food and the atmosphere was really nice and we were very tired. We enjoyed our meal and went back to sleep. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILazvJY8bIdrcwqK569jiq4PyMQUOru6GL7kXOHdh6ASjpWmJaJryeWJXwZmCZVy_5dqzao_u0J3MbnyWRMHjA_J8H-cfAsbwF32jCVDjBIIt18YPXnpYm4Jlk98HI0zdQ2SPCEg6akIcne0XmakghWczCAQXZDLQv-YNRD4IzaccnfA3yXAjCgm29A/s4608/20221208_202834.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILazvJY8bIdrcwqK569jiq4PyMQUOru6GL7kXOHdh6ASjpWmJaJryeWJXwZmCZVy_5dqzao_u0J3MbnyWRMHjA_J8H-cfAsbwF32jCVDjBIIt18YPXnpYm4Jlk98HI0zdQ2SPCEg6akIcne0XmakghWczCAQXZDLQv-YNRD4IzaccnfA3yXAjCgm29A/w200-h93/20221208_202834.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4t-mdHPYwmeLwXUVS5ecmmj0UBR8rvdOyOJwVkYa_j27W8sKD0aQfv3INuv1HKyiesPYc3XEK5mMndNihOA1IgZylVDsP89Kst7lmpwMfBl_Ka_Dovr8o25AkXaPEFqVpysVI81tvuc0PSUTQFQMROY-dvgpCO_1oPLcHEK5NBWq2BYLQpUz5UMWlQ/s4608/20221208_202843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4t-mdHPYwmeLwXUVS5ecmmj0UBR8rvdOyOJwVkYa_j27W8sKD0aQfv3INuv1HKyiesPYc3XEK5mMndNihOA1IgZylVDsP89Kst7lmpwMfBl_Ka_Dovr8o25AkXaPEFqVpysVI81tvuc0PSUTQFQMROY-dvgpCO_1oPLcHEK5NBWq2BYLQpUz5UMWlQ/w200-h93/20221208_202843.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Tomorrow the real adventure begings.<br /></div>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-20059687509448928162022-12-20T12:28:00.006+02:002022-12-20T12:28:42.591+02:00Dakhla, day six, last day<p>Wednesday, 7th December </p><p>Our last morning in Dakhla we are taking it easy. We are preparing psycologically to leave. Tomorrow morning at 6 am we will go to the airport to fly to Casablanca. </p><p>We walk around a bit, we sit in the pool, we enjoy the nice food and in the afternoon we decide to return one last time at the ocean. We know the place, we know how to get there from the inexistent paths. When we arrive, it's different than the last time, it's a little bit foggy and the smell of rotten fish is everywhere. We realise that there is a guy who put out six huge crabs to dry in the sand and they stink. We see plastic everywhere, bottles, fishing nets, all kinds of recipients... It's really not the paradise we think it is. </p><p>We try to get away from this smell and we go near the water. The tide is low and there are broken seashells everywhere as well aw wonderful big shells. The last gifts of the ocean before we leave.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhxWKyJT0pExoeywZj00ia5GycHr7VM9xf-jji3JLXJaXgc9dAMMAJe3pNzeUep5zL76WC5nuFDHrkJngxOMDqoSZKFKfa6D9oz9_sxy1leXVUBvIQVuGIoc5lS6HMZI-zwl0lYtJpRSs2EZ8Hpx_l0zd1BBURwOphokexE9Wxbhs4q_KEo73_yUKfw/s4608/20221207_173451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhxWKyJT0pExoeywZj00ia5GycHr7VM9xf-jji3JLXJaXgc9dAMMAJe3pNzeUep5zL76WC5nuFDHrkJngxOMDqoSZKFKfa6D9oz9_sxy1leXVUBvIQVuGIoc5lS6HMZI-zwl0lYtJpRSs2EZ8Hpx_l0zd1BBURwOphokexE9Wxbhs4q_KEo73_yUKfw/w200-h93/20221207_173451.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_KMmdotXSou_uFwCy_4jRoCT4I5HBU2ppetF9_y2B-9uXCg82-1Vomrl_fClbMuQNIxcaRBMIdmbIfL0Tgz41AbMX3nI-NjfmbflnEvwsIr6UD-BVC8F5jZADVqHxL0aillNrUYG0CrfGF3pioBhufC5WhMHVDk6-hpx1pnPGJVSWdRW2LOmzvKsig/s4608/20221207_173500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_KMmdotXSou_uFwCy_4jRoCT4I5HBU2ppetF9_y2B-9uXCg82-1Vomrl_fClbMuQNIxcaRBMIdmbIfL0Tgz41AbMX3nI-NjfmbflnEvwsIr6UD-BVC8F5jZADVqHxL0aillNrUYG0CrfGF3pioBhufC5WhMHVDk6-hpx1pnPGJVSWdRW2LOmzvKsig/w200-h93/20221207_173500.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BQTdoInsSzcQ_niMpqkZ9iWK7VRINm2MAfiTG8XfFdKX7f5leHczwWprN5rovi-RdH9vkUDZw7L8DqHLNSRkqfRq7qLicI9NhLCcXDkZLhS3Ta_rjCr6LzRgZQxOi9NufrBn4bnHiNzWSRM8S4cBUpMin7oX8Aa85jApJlWewcvE4X4YLrxTS4FlEg/s4608/20221207_173534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BQTdoInsSzcQ_niMpqkZ9iWK7VRINm2MAfiTG8XfFdKX7f5leHczwWprN5rovi-RdH9vkUDZw7L8DqHLNSRkqfRq7qLicI9NhLCcXDkZLhS3Ta_rjCr6LzRgZQxOi9NufrBn4bnHiNzWSRM8S4cBUpMin7oX8Aa85jApJlWewcvE4X4YLrxTS4FlEg/w200-h93/20221207_173534.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiO2yvmCv0Xasdyjhl0gMAAOXyMKwWYdrBwcf5reVtMlZv7IEH_7UBRmArfJk1RVYuHpKT7u466Iu1yFCTOboa_cGD6YNQ2Ebu1kqLy5tmEEL4br8BKU0lU10jcvLNrt8mMkaMVg2Gy2-mnYLQnvpueQjljHcU-rcDPT7PFOkvOl9d5KGck1K9QwzIlg/s4608/20221207_173551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiO2yvmCv0Xasdyjhl0gMAAOXyMKwWYdrBwcf5reVtMlZv7IEH_7UBRmArfJk1RVYuHpKT7u466Iu1yFCTOboa_cGD6YNQ2Ebu1kqLy5tmEEL4br8BKU0lU10jcvLNrt8mMkaMVg2Gy2-mnYLQnvpueQjljHcU-rcDPT7PFOkvOl9d5KGck1K9QwzIlg/w200-h93/20221207_173551.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I took this last video to try and capture the ocean spirit in front of me. Listen to the waves and the seagulls. This part of the trip is almost over, we are getting ready for the rest...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy7O4LxDWy6un6l9Msctu36CFEmEk1Swj0tjPfuZWOJg_E_HFBVBOgIxq9KcQ6Jn-8EpWGGkN6Gv7zEuvNWJg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>When we went back to the hotel, A wonderful full moon was rising behind the hills. It's time to leave this paradise and go off to the next adventure. But first we'll celebrate with moroccan beer and a wonderful meal. <div>K. has a bitter taste, he never got to kite surf, he is dissapointed but happy and full of nice images. Will we come back when the winds blow? He is starting to talk about coming with a van in which we will be able to sleep... Anyway, dreams and projects are part of everyday life. Creative projects. This is why I love him so much, he is creative and never loses faith. 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Dakhla Evasion are taking care of us until the last minute! It is still dark and there is fog, so my last hope to see the road to the airport is lost. It's ok, maybe next time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFcqjmZh8pvOKM4tZQhE8i7Ev51vtQqXg6CwfCLx8l-8WXhwuvuWzouYr2kYuMZUIzp4Nr4e8F0ILK_FMo0QcgwqnHSrdPXs8rKHnzVHUqeI5ddd5StxZj1jsegpKOa5QjIwUBoQHVmvzTcBapTv4y0AnX1ck4Po61bxErMmyoLfxjaG7OGwDJAW8nA/s4608/20221208_062502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFcqjmZh8pvOKM4tZQhE8i7Ev51vtQqXg6CwfCLx8l-8WXhwuvuWzouYr2kYuMZUIzp4Nr4e8F0ILK_FMo0QcgwqnHSrdPXs8rKHnzVHUqeI5ddd5StxZj1jsegpKOa5QjIwUBoQHVmvzTcBapTv4y0AnX1ck4Po61bxErMmyoLfxjaG7OGwDJAW8nA/s320/20221208_062502.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><div><br /><p></p></div></div>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-61884799165359741752022-12-19T18:56:00.003+02:002022-12-19T18:56:46.465+02:00Dakhla, day five<p> Tuesday, December 6th</p><p>Today is the big day that we will go see the White Dune with a quad, otherwise known as four-wheeler.</p><p>I'm so exhited that we are goint to see something other than our sandy beaches!</p><p>I have already seen the photos on instagram and google and I really wanna go.</p><p><span style="font-family: times;">They come pick us up and we realise we are not alone. It's me and K. as well as three other people, a Spanish girl and two boys, German and French.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">We arrive at the rental place, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: times;"><a href="https://dakhlarideadventures.com/contactez-nous-pour-vos-excursions-a-dakhla/" target="_blank">Dakhla Ride Adventures</a> and I quickly realised that our fellow quadders have one leg each. I have so much respect for people that have a handicap and they don't stop following their hearts and dreams! </span></p><p><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;">These people came to dakhla to kite surf but with the lack of wind they took the same decision to come see the White Dune on a quad. They told us it is difficult to walk in the sand with a mechanical leg but they'll try to do it anyway. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;">The girl rode with the french guy behind her and the german guy was alone. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;">Off we go! It was the first time I was on a quad and I was scared, because in the Greek islands I always hear of all the horror stories about people who have accidents because they don't know how to drive it. Our guide told us to be resonable, to ride one behind the other and not to drift. Follow the rules and everything would be ok. </span></span></p><p>K. is a good driver and I am confident but it took me a while to relax and enjoy the ride. At some point I even took my phone out to take some pictures!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeyNinWU90LE3rQXxqqlgsSvcIo43atZ4RBTX0PN2lVb9lEhrdxW4DiexfoSE1Cxx9W3lYvWshmMp5xU9sYXP43i2t9xx4OXDh24rJJV5okdxuBmIv97Fn7Sbt3GgikxagJ6gaPO8OQMMX4jlacCtFWkx9Z9XEUOfPf8mhhQRCPC0Keq9j_CmdhC0mg/s4608/20221206_153120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeyNinWU90LE3rQXxqqlgsSvcIo43atZ4RBTX0PN2lVb9lEhrdxW4DiexfoSE1Cxx9W3lYvWshmMp5xU9sYXP43i2t9xx4OXDh24rJJV5okdxuBmIv97Fn7Sbt3GgikxagJ6gaPO8OQMMX4jlacCtFWkx9Z9XEUOfPf8mhhQRCPC0Keq9j_CmdhC0mg/w200-h93/20221206_153120.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRGuBrQdXzsNtIdHc_4srPEHcK0wuls1lq9wDg3clyXiHcmsthtm2tU4yDEfwrpSxZ39YNwFIodAGpW6alei_xX5pscHax4_-L3K3wd6T-NrgH7gNrf7Wpy5m74yDI8qp31yvO-8gQIPq1aAYNMYn8Zm1YxiJFRegCLXnslgTUfrpFL7UDJI7zriggQ/s4608/20221206_155755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRGuBrQdXzsNtIdHc_4srPEHcK0wuls1lq9wDg3clyXiHcmsthtm2tU4yDEfwrpSxZ39YNwFIodAGpW6alei_xX5pscHax4_-L3K3wd6T-NrgH7gNrf7Wpy5m74yDI8qp31yvO-8gQIPq1aAYNMYn8Zm1YxiJFRegCLXnslgTUfrpFL7UDJI7zriggQ/w93-h200/20221206_155755.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNzpQrBgYJbzVWjPIkj73Uve0lgC3sE4Xc5KOXfbm86EulO18MHnE8YV-wApzdYYz9kNX4sBx2vwpnehZKBCyzLFc6fKS3KNPvWBdqWnlnnh-upLgG_ewrYFVEp5yAYYKoo5PwDBKvGq4DVy8fLiSrcP23aJUvTNTXJK98Ph-vStrMCva4QlsdlWU8w/s4608/20221206_155800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNzpQrBgYJbzVWjPIkj73Uve0lgC3sE4Xc5KOXfbm86EulO18MHnE8YV-wApzdYYz9kNX4sBx2vwpnehZKBCyzLFc6fKS3KNPvWBdqWnlnnh-upLgG_ewrYFVEp5yAYYKoo5PwDBKvGq4DVy8fLiSrcP23aJUvTNTXJK98Ph-vStrMCva4QlsdlWU8w/w93-h200/20221206_155800.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>After half an hour on our quads, we arrive at the White Dune and it is better than any picture. The wind is really strong. Our kite surfers are furious because their precious wind is here and not in the lagoon! It is really a white dune in the middle of nowhere, a weird sand formation in the middle of the sea. <div>I take our my shoes and I climbe this little hill, anxious to see the view from up there. I wish these photos capture the breathtaking splendour of this place. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_07n_9SGnCgtaQqTFJ-pIko43yB1clwxghTGz5n5eURZcMCqoE9P7NNVq8UgWnWj9pmkRlTa41OZS738d1AHdzwSDCCMX3Xa9CDPsTevOzgF8dj-kQnXVS6PAeXDFYtFcnZdlvnN42osES92Thpj1xfnGVJ-NGDseW3trLidRkfDrMk1qUBA2_AgZsw/s4608/20221206_162049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_07n_9SGnCgtaQqTFJ-pIko43yB1clwxghTGz5n5eURZcMCqoE9P7NNVq8UgWnWj9pmkRlTa41OZS738d1AHdzwSDCCMX3Xa9CDPsTevOzgF8dj-kQnXVS6PAeXDFYtFcnZdlvnN42osES92Thpj1xfnGVJ-NGDseW3trLidRkfDrMk1qUBA2_AgZsw/w200-h93/20221206_162049.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbcA5Xf0WmV-fy2t-MG-n5aXsULNJM5E0QuGelRbYnXoX3oXZ72CwEWJDxHQF9SF4kZIHr-8wpFTcB9KwCwcdRrdhrhQSG9TWLo3NXrY_OTpmPv7qCgHXBUqqww3LLwuFeEQxRzGFg7jSbcEoTkFU79zNCeY1fALUhsMlcx_2_4c165VDMZqKjSkKzg/s4608/20221206_162206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbcA5Xf0WmV-fy2t-MG-n5aXsULNJM5E0QuGelRbYnXoX3oXZ72CwEWJDxHQF9SF4kZIHr-8wpFTcB9KwCwcdRrdhrhQSG9TWLo3NXrY_OTpmPv7qCgHXBUqqww3LLwuFeEQxRzGFg7jSbcEoTkFU79zNCeY1fALUhsMlcx_2_4c165VDMZqKjSkKzg/w200-h93/20221206_162206.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvQEd4E9rRtjS8_SJrTM4l-djSSt26OB-eoQFy68y-4lebG3S9_xsNtiGOnXf140oQKtN_FjlySy8JBq3KE9OhfKNzvBiCavLRNMpCCMyVg2kRcpUVVt9tuuVw19ttaH2WwKdiiVtLbQ9YfyvhmIEDCTekl1wP9WJot1MzLckraw17PQiXsIoLs2oSA/s4608/20221206_162214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvQEd4E9rRtjS8_SJrTM4l-djSSt26OB-eoQFy68y-4lebG3S9_xsNtiGOnXf140oQKtN_FjlySy8JBq3KE9OhfKNzvBiCavLRNMpCCMyVg2kRcpUVVt9tuuVw19ttaH2WwKdiiVtLbQ9YfyvhmIEDCTekl1wP9WJot1MzLckraw17PQiXsIoLs2oSA/w93-h200/20221206_162214.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVWnpuAXzYLDlU9p3WuB1FT9tI-n-VoNqct7aTE91-k7XEgv8vSUIZqDSYbSJ2OLsIEU09stLwaBmbkPPOlNgh165orN_XA1geU54kWY3RyDYCTRKeVZ8nQrAV5Cjo7gdrgnGDiUSWnzJRqCbnGARJGUIkPcExaeFsMRF7jM6EEuN3xRdEaFv5fdLVA/s4608/20221206_162310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVWnpuAXzYLDlU9p3WuB1FT9tI-n-VoNqct7aTE91-k7XEgv8vSUIZqDSYbSJ2OLsIEU09stLwaBmbkPPOlNgh165orN_XA1geU54kWY3RyDYCTRKeVZ8nQrAV5Cjo7gdrgnGDiUSWnzJRqCbnGARJGUIkPcExaeFsMRF7jM6EEuN3xRdEaFv5fdLVA/w200-h93/20221206_162310.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS15LfcYyVd2AbyqyuPtEtnpxJFcrf5Usg4o6B0n1WFK_z1g2vcGCtM3bGpkiZwhb_MybitWt-g3HIfhX7whn99bdFGcPImWX5KVyfcmPyntuIabFTXrg994c36owZmthR_51V4vb3rRUZiuSecXrNDVVXOErMEbFW0_3v3oxu235OsNz2z8vmwYOEmA/s4608/20221206_162354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS15LfcYyVd2AbyqyuPtEtnpxJFcrf5Usg4o6B0n1WFK_z1g2vcGCtM3bGpkiZwhb_MybitWt-g3HIfhX7whn99bdFGcPImWX5KVyfcmPyntuIabFTXrg994c36owZmthR_51V4vb3rRUZiuSecXrNDVVXOErMEbFW0_3v3oxu235OsNz2z8vmwYOEmA/w200-h93/20221206_162354.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I want to write my name on the sand! I am Elina and I am a traveller. This is what I am. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC9BrX2h5Rz-E7YSIgYUlQbfGySrSfX8FrmubKMKhzaygXXt9jP68kJWbchKkGlzFwVBNUc2U_Dlq_2OR94R4y2WlO6YkFTfiGO5FSUOJ5QnkwhygiN55uVt5gN_O-abmDZyKmUfdH8vFhybL-prsXCOMjr_NP6vj7cX85gFvEF96D0l35beIKH8g3Q/s2576/20221206_163411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2576" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC9BrX2h5Rz-E7YSIgYUlQbfGySrSfX8FrmubKMKhzaygXXt9jP68kJWbchKkGlzFwVBNUc2U_Dlq_2OR94R4y2WlO6YkFTfiGO5FSUOJ5QnkwhygiN55uVt5gN_O-abmDZyKmUfdH8vFhybL-prsXCOMjr_NP6vj7cX85gFvEF96D0l35beIKH8g3Q/s320/20221206_163411.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Off we go for the reat of our dessert ride adventure. this time we can go crazy with the quads, our gide takes us on the dunes of the desert and we can run around the sand like crazy! K. is really enjoying himself when we speeds up the dunes and we are laughing crazy with adrenaline! What a ride really! amazing desert craziness.<div>The girl asked to stop to surf on the sand - you go up a sandy hill and you let yourself slide - so we stopped. </div><div>I took the opportunity to take pictures and do my special sand angel. It's almost Christmas back home and people are creating angels in the snow with their bodies. I did the smae thing on the warm virgin sand!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzWR7YjJMFdaWXZiSlDMSrFU_PxXnDs6F0ZHIq6TtCvrC0GYG1vqaAh0DZbo0NP8VdKsaESy8XTcXeeP_eu25mts2Y2aqR7ZB3WKuO7QmQo8w45XakqpjfQlF0GWUREJu3WSpkMAQjiiuoxcPbqEAX0e5rs2xce_7g4MVKyQdSJfkv0qu0bpdhv-uUw/s4608/20221206_171915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzWR7YjJMFdaWXZiSlDMSrFU_PxXnDs6F0ZHIq6TtCvrC0GYG1vqaAh0DZbo0NP8VdKsaESy8XTcXeeP_eu25mts2Y2aqR7ZB3WKuO7QmQo8w45XakqpjfQlF0GWUREJu3WSpkMAQjiiuoxcPbqEAX0e5rs2xce_7g4MVKyQdSJfkv0qu0bpdhv-uUw/w200-h93/20221206_171915.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0nFJ2UygHdzgGe8PfV0w2WR6JmIRmjn57iVUd-KeAuA1nLav4hgRgRXEtC7IAh7xcOlBffpjducpYrQ6rzILX7ceoNMHziPxfgqsr5pdhNvUe8ZAZhLyfzLCSeT3qmhi7ImFkw7Ls_hXl059FoyNJCJihTKV2cpmEmxb9VOio0y_Tl_wPwhCvIGpYA/s4608/20221206_171928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0nFJ2UygHdzgGe8PfV0w2WR6JmIRmjn57iVUd-KeAuA1nLav4hgRgRXEtC7IAh7xcOlBffpjducpYrQ6rzILX7ceoNMHziPxfgqsr5pdhNvUe8ZAZhLyfzLCSeT3qmhi7ImFkw7Ls_hXl059FoyNJCJihTKV2cpmEmxb9VOio0y_Tl_wPwhCvIGpYA/w93-h200/20221206_171928.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYO9DOELgm5upTjxqM3tguRZR-cs4BG0tWBCY9hvsGnXvpfGqA1wV9i6yuGBgjsTw51NuvKaVXKol-PILlgT2b8udUqqSRxNENbQTQ1VZkJWWwwwlh6AAPi9_NckKRBiHA32WvsI9NI1fzb3dRN01FKnQiXH6_4ZAMORybd7u5bPPvvJdAtSHMjwFmog/s4608/20221206_171937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYO9DOELgm5upTjxqM3tguRZR-cs4BG0tWBCY9hvsGnXvpfGqA1wV9i6yuGBgjsTw51NuvKaVXKol-PILlgT2b8udUqqSRxNENbQTQ1VZkJWWwwwlh6AAPi9_NckKRBiHA32WvsI9NI1fzb3dRN01FKnQiXH6_4ZAMORybd7u5bPPvvJdAtSHMjwFmog/w93-h200/20221206_171937.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaJvVFWAUrSwNnESm7yDbufQ3dUcOEo4L4dFzuBAy71bLpN8xUEWdk9yjut5P46h6fvM8j-2kZGN_PKUZkCGEcy9cUG7_rL63pzvQTmc1P8qPxXkpFG9c060rD1XgwhOOoz-u7kVI5DcwJ1yGnHsycha0WjGsY26ZNsJ41rVx-68mK5SfCit-Lvh13g/s4608/20221206_172348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaJvVFWAUrSwNnESm7yDbufQ3dUcOEo4L4dFzuBAy71bLpN8xUEWdk9yjut5P46h6fvM8j-2kZGN_PKUZkCGEcy9cUG7_rL63pzvQTmc1P8qPxXkpFG9c060rD1XgwhOOoz-u7kVI5DcwJ1yGnHsycha0WjGsY26ZNsJ41rVx-68mK5SfCit-Lvh13g/w200-h93/20221206_172348.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>What a wonderful day! What a week! What an experience! I have no choise but to add more and more exclamation marks although I know it's not very literary. Being in the desert is really something else. I really enjoy all we are doing here and I am grateful. travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-42842575718887823992022-12-19T17:58:00.002+02:002022-12-19T17:58:11.369+02:00Dakhla, day three and fourSunday 4th December<div>No fog this morning.<div>Had breakfast and looked at the weather.</div><div>No wind again today and I feel K. is nervous, frustrated and sad. He tries to handle it, he does not like doing nothing.</div></div><div>Our options are not numerous, we can either walk on the beach in front of us or the beach behind us.</div><div>We don't want to go far away in case the wind goes up.</div><div>So this day is simple. In the morning we go in the right of the beach (another 2 hours of walking), swiming pool before lunch, and the afternoon we went on the left, towards the hotels that are in front of us in the bay of the Dakhla lagoon. Dakhla started with a single hotel and now they are building massive hotels in the opposite side of Dakhla Evasion, our hotel. It's going to be crazy once they are all booked!</div><div>The day had more shells for my collection and some wonderful images. </div><div>In the absence of wind, the birds of the lagoon are sitting still, quietly eating shells in the sand. I do wish I had a better camera to capture the birds, but it's ok! We even saw a crab! I'll put here some of my favorite photos of the day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9VP1nx5Tugk5uywZbHBY1AFLh7QgawcSQmQCbJzwUkk1CqQn26qtww84ej-nuT634AraWoSaRs4zXlRT8ctduit2Db8l6wpXpKtv_Gjo3r_kyfRU5sZx8nThD5Gh8W-uHaxfMlNKuxRvtdF37aDfisT9iXywuirBF2lyuzjqHpY9Dz3KYRt_K3Kj-Q/s4608/20221204_113327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9VP1nx5Tugk5uywZbHBY1AFLh7QgawcSQmQCbJzwUkk1CqQn26qtww84ej-nuT634AraWoSaRs4zXlRT8ctduit2Db8l6wpXpKtv_Gjo3r_kyfRU5sZx8nThD5Gh8W-uHaxfMlNKuxRvtdF37aDfisT9iXywuirBF2lyuzjqHpY9Dz3KYRt_K3Kj-Q/w200-h93/20221204_113327.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOy7n64vVr-PtMrFNj-QtCh274YBlzrA4F55Hlkifa0cQAdG8Hh-8n-8XYvpIZKlzbFFupjLedHLaG-scj4o3eSnWUfrlFpRtC0zn0M3kwKO3hBwy_EupVypQXwalesQX7GkMtiJ6dZr55gkS5yPES1n9wFJ6V1IVBsVOishSvS5s2G2qYD2eaYnJIA/s4608/20221204_113754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmrPYasAqFAjJEtWu4TD55jjbVdCs5zs-b4MEH7MoForuySrzRzfrfyE3BHa8geC9kGxPG5pyn4t59KlNjCHZgvSH9Nxxl_w7SpIN80EFx4SCFsRevbwG0H5MKGpRhCVUG0tAS1As1cw0B7JwGK8Qu0CAhp1zyoCK-u9FRqsVMLxlCanjoR_pJTIbHQ/s4608/20221204_193038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmrPYasAqFAjJEtWu4TD55jjbVdCs5zs-b4MEH7MoForuySrzRzfrfyE3BHa8geC9kGxPG5pyn4t59KlNjCHZgvSH9Nxxl_w7SpIN80EFx4SCFsRevbwG0H5MKGpRhCVUG0tAS1As1cw0B7JwGK8Qu0CAhp1zyoCK-u9FRqsVMLxlCanjoR_pJTIbHQ/w93-h200/20221204_193038.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><br /><div>Monday, 5 December</div><div>Groundhog day</div><div>The wind is still not here and we need to just accept it. </div><div>We will return to the ocean behind us, this time by another path - ahem no paths here remember? - any way, instead of going south, we are going north and turning towards the ocean. </div><div>In my head there is a constant cringing. "what the fuck am I doing here" "Why am I walking in this heat" "I hate the desert" "I'm tired" like a child.</div><div>Around us yellow sand, blue sky and our favorite electric towers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3TswUxMXQBChzPPe01jjDNcrKs5-WJCKRe02RCKcPaHrbCLlSSHQHLSxuaBWgW5W9GrtIzfUVdwy26nXA3GlbRH7p2yMu9aQwVrC_ImYA-yrUSNqw7KAAKBaEo5vbBNNf4l0bZOVFeotz0VI3n5DzpBeanInR6PMhuqcM45LzJQnB0HXXO_3g812LA/s4608/20221205_112835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3TswUxMXQBChzPPe01jjDNcrKs5-WJCKRe02RCKcPaHrbCLlSSHQHLSxuaBWgW5W9GrtIzfUVdwy26nXA3GlbRH7p2yMu9aQwVrC_ImYA-yrUSNqw7KAAKBaEo5vbBNNf4l0bZOVFeotz0VI3n5DzpBeanInR6PMhuqcM45LzJQnB0HXXO_3g812LA/w200-h93/20221205_112835.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvWEtwHm0w19V855oHUPhPRPrHL0maYWsBZyauzks8Yel6cXxOf4pg5TF64V60LUAjoPet64ptUtJ3W35TrRHr7L-KJ4PPwc78csqAstbYdLDLtO7BwNi2-IONYBgg_aux992Kwe59ZzY5ZuoYofq_cpWW2nuLVMGtrQzq-kR4SnoLCHmfGDrmf9nJA/s4608/20221205_115208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvWEtwHm0w19V855oHUPhPRPrHL0maYWsBZyauzks8Yel6cXxOf4pg5TF64V60LUAjoPet64ptUtJ3W35TrRHr7L-KJ4PPwc78csqAstbYdLDLtO7BwNi2-IONYBgg_aux992Kwe59ZzY5ZuoYofq_cpWW2nuLVMGtrQzq-kR4SnoLCHmfGDrmf9nJA/w200-h93/20221205_115208.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Once you start feeling the ocean, everything is finished. You see the waves crushing and the birds playing and you forget everything. No more bad thoughts, I am really happy that I got my two feet moving and came here. This time we did not go down towards the beach, we only watched the ocean from a height. And it was amazing!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzKRQHKMCOISynVmIEWQy1Ie868v2iJI0FxOy1al9u4TjaR-F0K_wrH-m6gmOfyCDc4Pj3PEQ4en8etR6i4SrIjbtzPrCvDrrlvbUqJlelaSCCPYcTe07WRfU0lHIjFRHOCFdOT9juBLNOKpXk4OlsMYW37F7vOmICS44AUV5WAl2U3uz8KaLBlwDeA/s4608/20221205_115830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzKRQHKMCOISynVmIEWQy1Ie868v2iJI0FxOy1al9u4TjaR-F0K_wrH-m6gmOfyCDc4Pj3PEQ4en8etR6i4SrIjbtzPrCvDrrlvbUqJlelaSCCPYcTe07WRfU0lHIjFRHOCFdOT9juBLNOKpXk4OlsMYW37F7vOmICS44AUV5WAl2U3uz8KaLBlwDeA/s320/20221205_115830.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in the extreme right, the rock <br />we already visited two days ago </td></tr></tbody></table>Here you realise how little you are and how big and strong nature is. No camera is strong enough, no words are expressive enough to describe what we saw. The earth's heartbeat is in the coming and going of the waves, kilometers of sand, cliffs made of sand by the wind and the water... I will never forget this sensation of power. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyp3A29P0DAWXXil8bFnHdBgb3J2FMeQgGA-VXlgquLeurqCSt98Jc4FDSYXX5xRsb0l8CQIObRNxQnfwwjAlfpshSlTCbN7CV1OMlpL4vtsGi4IH58sEqvWhkjIMugSP3M6C_RAElQN7Dzc-MvFJnbfiXvu7wDORHjKBfMg-XUc7dE45vwIVQJ2LxlA/s4608/20221205_120603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyp3A29P0DAWXXil8bFnHdBgb3J2FMeQgGA-VXlgquLeurqCSt98Jc4FDSYXX5xRsb0l8CQIObRNxQnfwwjAlfpshSlTCbN7CV1OMlpL4vtsGi4IH58sEqvWhkjIMugSP3M6C_RAElQN7Dzc-MvFJnbfiXvu7wDORHjKBfMg-XUc7dE45vwIVQJ2LxlA/w200-h93/20221205_120603.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_MW7sX3zpTCre8k_yRFOzKGDtYw1bV1oyKlqe3tWYtwdkzl4sWuAYTTBl11J6CLVjXAzVLrs9RP5xs_z7lhlWMhwfDd_7KK9Sri6gCgP07hPWRQaR28XBqQlo67Q0s-KFBwpqQ80Ng9OLkVn7PL_Q__0p5CzACbuMqcalyFwyrdIyGV0d59zuaxP3Q/s4608/20221205_120610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_MW7sX3zpTCre8k_yRFOzKGDtYw1bV1oyKlqe3tWYtwdkzl4sWuAYTTBl11J6CLVjXAzVLrs9RP5xs_z7lhlWMhwfDd_7KK9Sri6gCgP07hPWRQaR28XBqQlo67Q0s-KFBwpqQ80Ng9OLkVn7PL_Q__0p5CzACbuMqcalyFwyrdIyGV0d59zuaxP3Q/w200-h93/20221205_120610.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigheUhZqSEvVySN_TwdxddWdRZVdxUDMhRv9brh3ggDYSZwySWTAGfHc6FQa7vE6DgeqONJObXylSlZW8rmaDHWKBkFHMHD6dfRTsRyAK_YZEUzX8ZQut--Qo4_wJ5cdvoYOlFQ1sLjWx1zGtSZX1lGbFggcYVmki6Lhaq0irHvQLF9DDjaHge71RaVA/s4608/20221205_120632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigheUhZqSEvVySN_TwdxddWdRZVdxUDMhRv9brh3ggDYSZwySWTAGfHc6FQa7vE6DgeqONJObXylSlZW8rmaDHWKBkFHMHD6dfRTsRyAK_YZEUzX8ZQut--Qo4_wJ5cdvoYOlFQ1sLjWx1zGtSZX1lGbFggcYVmki6Lhaq0irHvQLF9DDjaHge71RaVA/w200-h93/20221205_120632.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFmO491lnuZIcrvl3FN83dLR83gt7LFEKSqNfGBW1Aaa7vJ-PRJkRTm0ApxEEXpYok-Pc1kG5027Juay821U3DHaB-cdqKtoUtjJnrEK8-Z0uSvG1yU7zpTJ7Vomff7GDTJKP-ozsGcIuQKDJPU-s9TB57MsRsj2khliUplesQbYvGQYn476PJ9S9ng/s4608/20221205_121656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFmO491lnuZIcrvl3FN83dLR83gt7LFEKSqNfGBW1Aaa7vJ-PRJkRTm0ApxEEXpYok-Pc1kG5027Juay821U3DHaB-cdqKtoUtjJnrEK8-Z0uSvG1yU7zpTJ7Vomff7GDTJKP-ozsGcIuQKDJPU-s9TB57MsRsj2khliUplesQbYvGQYn476PJ9S9ng/w200-h93/20221205_121656.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNx8TAHShc0aFWTag19u_V1fO2RUernVld7__jzjnoLFv8h5NgbTuSBy7pqUIsOxlL4b0DC6z7ITRgZLNiaY1JvIqm67R1nptwf0F9BDuNdwkiqZeGr2heoODsgbKZkzrd05aZnilCFYgZhKFPdf1tt3PVfaDNlSB6FRiVTa2XZZ5GA7R6ttf7Igdsw/s4608/20221205_121754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNx8TAHShc0aFWTag19u_V1fO2RUernVld7__jzjnoLFv8h5NgbTuSBy7pqUIsOxlL4b0DC6z7ITRgZLNiaY1JvIqm67R1nptwf0F9BDuNdwkiqZeGr2heoODsgbKZkzrd05aZnilCFYgZhKFPdf1tt3PVfaDNlSB6FRiVTa2XZZ5GA7R6ttf7Igdsw/w200-h93/20221205_121754.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOw0aKFfYUR_4z85-q7gM7eZJtxcgSxQkUmj81TM21oI9J0wuACJ2qvn_rRZLB_T0QVaQyXb44IwnjQjnB_iCBRofrUpvBXEezMQiakRg5nK-ZOcuS8OiAed461DBlYERRHs-OYupI-Hew_6Qa3sGdYqbTRhMGAnmw8thmP07wmVhv8VgoYt_EplEAg/s4608/20221205_121757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOw0aKFfYUR_4z85-q7gM7eZJtxcgSxQkUmj81TM21oI9J0wuACJ2qvn_rRZLB_T0QVaQyXb44IwnjQjnB_iCBRofrUpvBXEezMQiakRg5nK-ZOcuS8OiAed461DBlYERRHs-OYupI-Hew_6Qa3sGdYqbTRhMGAnmw8thmP07wmVhv8VgoYt_EplEAg/w200-h93/20221205_121757.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Remember how I love love looove the virgin sand?? Here it's my canvas and I'll write my name on it! I was there! Like a kid I wrote my name, an ephemeral work of art which will fade with the elements, but in my photos, my heart it will stay forever! My name is Elina and I am a traveller.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wy-eUpjDu5guWT86SX4RA0AHulQMoCrMe5I4i0AZUGLQKyCYbxJPPFiLoXF97GG9YnFYW6AoycPsXW5MBl58VLNoMLRANyxHrIXLJKFNpP7PsV78rlV4sBr1ei4WcJPRfdX0_GUgtEw2aNGC0v25zVDZ-jD5r4KYtozzoFUwyjy4bvb0G2H10kMCIg/s4608/20221205_122350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wy-eUpjDu5guWT86SX4RA0AHulQMoCrMe5I4i0AZUGLQKyCYbxJPPFiLoXF97GG9YnFYW6AoycPsXW5MBl58VLNoMLRANyxHrIXLJKFNpP7PsV78rlV4sBr1ei4WcJPRfdX0_GUgtEw2aNGC0v25zVDZ-jD5r4KYtozzoFUwyjy4bvb0G2H10kMCIg/s320/20221205_122350.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MFcLtgIWo0gC21EjcpDSKzlon4EkIfdCvGrK6GL_jVHyQSEFv674IxiSFwv0O7Q6PtAbBhi8VuIRyLOsKWShHotbJYI1HYfkXm4NTUUhRdb-zIFfM-0dIFl6M9qGuZRECPymV7PK4rsvR4kxAnSiL4dfb1zdT98f3Jf_uG39ZnCF7kZnqljQp5ZKGg/s2576/20221205_122415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2576" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MFcLtgIWo0gC21EjcpDSKzlon4EkIfdCvGrK6GL_jVHyQSEFv674IxiSFwv0O7Q6PtAbBhi8VuIRyLOsKWShHotbJYI1HYfkXm4NTUUhRdb-zIFfM-0dIFl6M9qGuZRECPymV7PK4rsvR4kxAnSiL4dfb1zdT98f3Jf_uG39ZnCF7kZnqljQp5ZKGg/s320/20221205_122415.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Going back the sun is really hot and agressive. This is when you realise the style of the desert tribes. I had no choise but to cover my head and face. I was already wearing long sleeves and long trousers despite the heat. Do you think I look like a berber? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1d39OgaiMxfwcN5_JYAi1NhWq5vV33z3t-XMid1LNDCRokIEoZ7f-01dkDD41cjxIg7URDHNUMiTBeqrye70sTucpAGq1578sRLFkiy5g8vNeGckVHFjTW2eZ82Pyu682fXbrA1bhvzt430Mi7uLUhY642WpnGFW1jWzTef7HH-cpwkNc47o8kUn1Q/s3296/20221205_123702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2472" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1d39OgaiMxfwcN5_JYAi1NhWq5vV33z3t-XMid1LNDCRokIEoZ7f-01dkDD41cjxIg7URDHNUMiTBeqrye70sTucpAGq1578sRLFkiy5g8vNeGckVHFjTW2eZ82Pyu682fXbrA1bhvzt430Mi7uLUhY642WpnGFW1jWzTef7HH-cpwkNc47o8kUn1Q/w150-h200/20221205_123702.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCz1K4MSWzDNmuRJMwSwsXYVNPR7PhSAL9BC-LibMaG2W7XvaIiBeThOUWcYp3b4bCjO4WnFYJrT3N_Sfm7uPNG3t2V6lWLlimepXO-oeW5F-x3A6D8Soc9JBSqKc3hpZbYyAT6sgFjeSM5nc026E1UIgtCM3uzvWDLCCo9LJZXO-RO_DC5arYpyjRwA/s4608/20221205_125112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCz1K4MSWzDNmuRJMwSwsXYVNPR7PhSAL9BC-LibMaG2W7XvaIiBeThOUWcYp3b4bCjO4WnFYJrT3N_Sfm7uPNG3t2V6lWLlimepXO-oeW5F-x3A6D8Soc9JBSqKc3hpZbYyAT6sgFjeSM5nc026E1UIgtCM3uzvWDLCCo9LJZXO-RO_DC5arYpyjRwA/w200-h93/20221205_125112.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Days are passing by slowly like the song. The living is easy. Nice food, warm weather, toes in the sand... We are in a paradise. We have lost any hope that the wind is going to go up. K. is slowly accepting the fact that he is not going to kite and he is relaxing more and more in this vacation, doing nothing mood.travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-88941356263685226592022-12-18T18:44:00.002+02:002022-12-18T18:47:09.906+02:00Dakla, Second day<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Seems like the fog is always there in the morning. Part of a wonderful sacred plan of nature to protect and nourrish the plants before the sun starts burning everything. Today the fog was less dense but it is wonderful.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrToaKO6FVSVnAM-wvh0WVqOttNlUVF5HNoYZlrM_pflXAEzMbnQvIfo9pYBvYjWN3jSyo6UXDO4FFPToKZ-fVFfSOyLIyLUSh0oJ_wgYVigHtkqnsO7IgQWmP8DDuGEpoj7I0XVZGheMr8GN20vRegKiAtCnZRr9uDOtqgeYVQct0stD2yP-IeAWYQ/s4608/20221203_091219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrToaKO6FVSVnAM-wvh0WVqOttNlUVF5HNoYZlrM_pflXAEzMbnQvIfo9pYBvYjWN3jSyo6UXDO4FFPToKZ-fVFfSOyLIyLUSh0oJ_wgYVigHtkqnsO7IgQWmP8DDuGEpoj7I0XVZGheMr8GN20vRegKiAtCnZRr9uDOtqgeYVQct0stD2yP-IeAWYQ/w200-h93/20221203_091219.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZFnxczLbZmTRt66c40k4BxNxlCtBpeG5_6eIv8jJ_fna5KKjGJHlJYObW_5pWlqEEbON8gOVOzlfgbnx8orLMea68eWUO9catg-AGuuciaKA1KxcsT1v5AbmaGD_mKFlX9Qc0LYDa8-XTDya113cV1O9QgkZxH1V0vFp__54uw6br_5TQFfjQ9iA8A/s4608/20221203_091327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZFnxczLbZmTRt66c40k4BxNxlCtBpeG5_6eIv8jJ_fna5KKjGJHlJYObW_5pWlqEEbON8gOVOzlfgbnx8orLMea68eWUO9catg-AGuuciaKA1KxcsT1v5AbmaGD_mKFlX9Qc0LYDa8-XTDya113cV1O9QgkZxH1V0vFp__54uw6br_5TQFfjQ9iA8A/w200-h93/20221203_091327.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLyXFaFYWqBXQ1XnOATH4skW4XbrkzMnBcz1lte4UY2u1QpA4kibiVkWGWSQ5gaPvw6ZaZugYrs79suWrzUtyPq6SuYjnAxqToatM7BdsL0teTV41q6UuJZBkXqQ8d1zaUt7QO1IjkM8hN0ZJZzAxgd7oA48TrlP3lckXrza3wJaI3J9uUAb0hZJzcg/s2576/20221203_091343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2576" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLyXFaFYWqBXQ1XnOATH4skW4XbrkzMnBcz1lte4UY2u1QpA4kibiVkWGWSQ5gaPvw6ZaZugYrs79suWrzUtyPq6SuYjnAxqToatM7BdsL0teTV41q6UuJZBkXqQ8d1zaUt7QO1IjkM8hN0ZJZzAxgd7oA48TrlP3lckXrza3wJaI3J9uUAb0hZJzcg/w200-h93/20221203_091343.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvuFJ0skRDcpgJRc_AELs-iLvDJ0nIe-pAzxR4Eq68lCfn8SkTU7yDtB9lATvbMn53xMttyzB6iZ2SkvgP0p-6H-dpH7MYi3fZvKIb38K9_PCh25dgaPMhs2-E3LAVJm491eG8fqr_q332mSSUAkEjALQhIGiAdETbKyO5LqrJLbFNJgw3DBl3gu5-w/s4608/20221203_091400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvuFJ0skRDcpgJRc_AELs-iLvDJ0nIe-pAzxR4Eq68lCfn8SkTU7yDtB9lATvbMn53xMttyzB6iZ2SkvgP0p-6H-dpH7MYi3fZvKIb38K9_PCh25dgaPMhs2-E3LAVJm491eG8fqr_q332mSSUAkEjALQhIGiAdETbKyO5LqrJLbFNJgw3DBl3gu5-w/w200-h93/20221203_091400.jpg" width="200" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcIVt6b_4s2-GkX6zQszWPkpiJDHfE8cB4-PYlNrOmYAmCiF9uMt6nSOl4BuCHf8ShjH6NcPkKDKwurioq2NFM7wDP0x5LLn18dwpfcL53uXZ3j06xfyZYWCSwGBr-mOy-VZMfg_wWuyLaw2fwfrnt4iU20uh8VYUxeuuhCFAU2qBTmOpIuT2HC-BCw/s4608/20221203_101040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcIVt6b_4s2-GkX6zQszWPkpiJDHfE8cB4-PYlNrOmYAmCiF9uMt6nSOl4BuCHf8ShjH6NcPkKDKwurioq2NFM7wDP0x5LLn18dwpfcL53uXZ3j06xfyZYWCSwGBr-mOy-VZMfg_wWuyLaw2fwfrnt4iU20uh8VYUxeuuhCFAU2qBTmOpIuT2HC-BCw/w93-h200/20221203_101040.jpg" width="93" /></a></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">To K.'s dissappointment the wind was still not enough to Kite surf so we needed to find a plan B to spend the day, we knew that we were at a peninsula so the ocean was just behind us. On the map we saw the beach called '<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Pointe de l'Or</span>', The Golden Point. The guys from the hotel told us how to go. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is there a route? NO</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is there a path? NO</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are there any signs? NO</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just go between these two Electric Towers and go straight until you see a big rock in the middle of the sea. Our arab friend just drew a plan with his finger on the sand. "You will go up between the towers and then you will see the sea and you go straight". It was about one hour walking to get there.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Out of your confort zone once again.</div><div style="text-align: left;">We were told not to walk alone in the desert without a guide because there are vicious stray dogs. One of the locals told us there is no danger.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Out of your confort zone indeed.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Off we go, into the unknown.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Talk about walking in the sand.... It is difficult because your feet go in, just like in the snow. So you walk slowly. At first we thought there is a path but we quickly realised that it is longer to walk in the path and it would be better to cut short in a straight line. </div><div style="text-align: left;">As we were walking, we saw millions of shells! The desert is full of surprises.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjtcPgZKy4fl-lmaIJVHaRGKMLdT1atOAKP1SbwVmW2NJRC-UJtlcguzYpyjmbhpKG7FnRr6fHw1dxHVwl06aYe8oK7DpabS3i2jeva7PwWQmX24IlMqV_vKJyDDafGH1ngZfEIosdoQ2FS0zL7bBb3gWPBa14LtcYk08W0CUIL634o6PeMlN2Qfp9Q/s4608/20221203_111143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjtcPgZKy4fl-lmaIJVHaRGKMLdT1atOAKP1SbwVmW2NJRC-UJtlcguzYpyjmbhpKG7FnRr6fHw1dxHVwl06aYe8oK7DpabS3i2jeva7PwWQmX24IlMqV_vKJyDDafGH1ngZfEIosdoQ2FS0zL7bBb3gWPBa14LtcYk08W0CUIL634o6PeMlN2Qfp9Q/s320/20221203_111143.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just go between the towers...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsrKbfq65Ookn5PQfEgl2ad6PjEPf2tuPLoj-Zf_eruUAYiX3cKkQPzPcH4hVzes33dytFnwrk0-6B-rBSfOokK5eCY7-uS6yCDxvxBh3mUXvxa_I5Znhg0qr_RtF5zD3UjJQ_qH5AAuAOcEN-cJxiCb23QEBWV55pELc_MiMqdYuDXRxL98IdCqhqA/s4608/20221203_111503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsrKbfq65Ookn5PQfEgl2ad6PjEPf2tuPLoj-Zf_eruUAYiX3cKkQPzPcH4hVzes33dytFnwrk0-6B-rBSfOokK5eCY7-uS6yCDxvxBh3mUXvxa_I5Znhg0qr_RtF5zD3UjJQ_qH5AAuAOcEN-cJxiCb23QEBWV55pELc_MiMqdYuDXRxL98IdCqhqA/w93-h200/20221203_111503.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQe6IxZj4WKbCmThGcSar0i8s-RtJfc_zRGXxSffWNAaFbIj3Inibze2L3PRvgYSbBoPyjbAzmwa5VmNqsXRw2B6bCixcLQOMIkwfLxIEjocJ_rTomxfYrEj_mNEpDudQzs47WuEodoC9UCfzHnDJiAr_ZU452B8FyNROfc_PR7DxjsSvPAgmvIB1GuA/s4608/20221203_111510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQe6IxZj4WKbCmThGcSar0i8s-RtJfc_zRGXxSffWNAaFbIj3Inibze2L3PRvgYSbBoPyjbAzmwa5VmNqsXRw2B6bCixcLQOMIkwfLxIEjocJ_rTomxfYrEj_mNEpDudQzs47WuEodoC9UCfzHnDJiAr_ZU452B8FyNROfc_PR7DxjsSvPAgmvIB1GuA/w93-h200/20221203_111510.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGS-aFpY1jT-RnqcCua0xwgaYC08uqMzqaB1YLq31I5L4VrmWw0JQpztUXX4kDDqHl1ttW9Flw3sDbg7iRUoTWv-UA9d2Ii4tz17eskvCcszOVqCQcyROOpDGHTteBDgeasD1FToXzkI1_8w8V6NJWACQyCZb0XS6K1XumwfpX-swFrxDluKUZE5dliw/s4608/20221203_111529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGS-aFpY1jT-RnqcCua0xwgaYC08uqMzqaB1YLq31I5L4VrmWw0JQpztUXX4kDDqHl1ttW9Flw3sDbg7iRUoTWv-UA9d2Ii4tz17eskvCcszOVqCQcyROOpDGHTteBDgeasD1FToXzkI1_8w8V6NJWACQyCZb0XS6K1XumwfpX-swFrxDluKUZE5dliw/w93-h200/20221203_111529.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb41JDRIvAtt5USXpAcIAbL3iAJIxgBpEMuGAelflls1RiOzD4IJ5JKE9foO7H7V33K_Wd9y0iu_W0umFdkpOiptmRWo3sU7jsbwOOBprhWpijkhE1feCNBx8-pXmlwxmURW2wT-ecvxIfRBalZBSlpSzQlIiKuUEnw1Cu0TCmZee2zWPjR6Xv5B03eA/s4608/20221203_111628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb41JDRIvAtt5USXpAcIAbL3iAJIxgBpEMuGAelflls1RiOzD4IJ5JKE9foO7H7V33K_Wd9y0iu_W0umFdkpOiptmRWo3sU7jsbwOOBprhWpijkhE1feCNBx8-pXmlwxmURW2wT-ecvxIfRBalZBSlpSzQlIiKuUEnw1Cu0TCmZee2zWPjR6Xv5B03eA/s320/20221203_111628.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back to the Dakhla lagoon from a distance</td></tr></tbody></table>We just have to trust the guy who gave us directions. Go up and keep walking. Once you are on top of the hill you see it in a distance. Exactly as he described it. We saw the big rock in a distance and the only thing to do was go towards it. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWo0LZaVg076B5Z39ZqwkUv6G4JloOKkNHFDpDySMdt7wfKN2qizfxCerDeZScur6BZGZh2Vc90VfW6ZipbRhBSIw1fMdLjPUS2h4sEnCP2hqyeFzqFxU2IhWdeZrt5zOTnCoXWnKJCkhEfzJOS3Ez_cWKOj0xcf0wu7pOIOYUz99QNap_tHY3FNZfg/s4608/20221203_112138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWo0LZaVg076B5Z39ZqwkUv6G4JloOKkNHFDpDySMdt7wfKN2qizfxCerDeZScur6BZGZh2Vc90VfW6ZipbRhBSIw1fMdLjPUS2h4sEnCP2hqyeFzqFxU2IhWdeZrt5zOTnCoXWnKJCkhEfzJOS3Ez_cWKOj0xcf0wu7pOIOYUz99QNap_tHY3FNZfg/s320/20221203_112138.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The big rock in the distance</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div>One thing I realised, is that perpective does not work in the desert. you think you are close to something but you are not close at all. you walk and walk and walk and you are still not there. So you keep walking! And as you walk, the sand changes consistence, it can be like concrete, it can be soft and fluffy, it can have rocks or be virgin. One thing is sure, it is beautiful. The pictures just cannot show the vastness and the beauty of the place. However, I'm putting some of the pictures I took. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KBtOmTJkChdN-XHIsDAwX3n68Bm4vM0jfE-QdbV3WSDOzz_n1BI4wj7UNAcK8h3BAX-fRvHzerkGgX4EdegXkRt-uIj7CPlTMe6vH2sI3iwQgoIk2YVHfPUoIb8_vth_LoUKJQBFk3awNKPUjRt-XfAIvtwIw73rjW00A0UW9pkgrqNJbz-vPK25-g/s4608/20221203_112638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KBtOmTJkChdN-XHIsDAwX3n68Bm4vM0jfE-QdbV3WSDOzz_n1BI4wj7UNAcK8h3BAX-fRvHzerkGgX4EdegXkRt-uIj7CPlTMe6vH2sI3iwQgoIk2YVHfPUoIb8_vth_LoUKJQBFk3awNKPUjRt-XfAIvtwIw73rjW00A0UW9pkgrqNJbz-vPK25-g/w200-h93/20221203_112638.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAJCUYm0PSuOv3HORwmFSVv09ZGORJxqWYrvsKsRyvAtdyjQI0d0nfDkRapObfHD4TJpbTJqqpA-sgLtbeO3MHjxesJ0DrrS_Ah2qCaWCt06sRfDLEHHIlGVKW6sZPj8gCcriowfOXhWhMHt0H8tLd61RrQy_ReBHfzFDwzl7964xUk3C1dl7b9_T0bg/s4608/20221203_112742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAJCUYm0PSuOv3HORwmFSVv09ZGORJxqWYrvsKsRyvAtdyjQI0d0nfDkRapObfHD4TJpbTJqqpA-sgLtbeO3MHjxesJ0DrrS_Ah2qCaWCt06sRfDLEHHIlGVKW6sZPj8gCcriowfOXhWhMHt0H8tLd61RrQy_ReBHfzFDwzl7964xUk3C1dl7b9_T0bg/w200-h93/20221203_112742.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpzrYHQA2wh_CMSEKqKUDhLBGf5oHCcvlyQSHkr6vR785vxy--pHb6-crjm9N4_slfhWE2ECqMV1_JBT-GAP7FOVQq5mo42DTfJRUjSBSfhLUGqXoo1GeDDV40SaFnlUFv4f10RPFwSxuLOBcYGrzvRb7XQdXxd0nr0Jvsf-rCDnEkHbhbFz0VDKbAg/s4608/20221203_112810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpzrYHQA2wh_CMSEKqKUDhLBGf5oHCcvlyQSHkr6vR785vxy--pHb6-crjm9N4_slfhWE2ECqMV1_JBT-GAP7FOVQq5mo42DTfJRUjSBSfhLUGqXoo1GeDDV40SaFnlUFv4f10RPFwSxuLOBcYGrzvRb7XQdXxd0nr0Jvsf-rCDnEkHbhbFz0VDKbAg/w93-h200/20221203_112810.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhpozX-DiWxG6N2eHyN8xm1i6ukUIIVznbz7wD_loFjWV9sI6nsxn5MUmBsugAWDPuqm4lOlz3ghxWRM_Q50cp6QEsKLGnwRrOSIfWIV8-WKNqRjIGFzLnBTjf3EnVFkzwfSuFhBn4ieYDBaSUD-MFgM1Ut0_yNUmesf0FpZIBEJDfRRfRhlpkCl9cg/s4608/20221203_112849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhpozX-DiWxG6N2eHyN8xm1i6ukUIIVznbz7wD_loFjWV9sI6nsxn5MUmBsugAWDPuqm4lOlz3ghxWRM_Q50cp6QEsKLGnwRrOSIfWIV8-WKNqRjIGFzLnBTjf3EnVFkzwfSuFhBn4ieYDBaSUD-MFgM1Ut0_yNUmesf0FpZIBEJDfRRfRhlpkCl9cg/w93-h200/20221203_112849.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVA6G9K_0_qEvgPvpTyjMsKqgJSS2qLQ7FOOCyC4t1fPUGiEs3OR_olJn1x87BPEjh9ju4pEoYvLKujJCb9wBtrGn7Ncg9Xci2JrGs_xNiD9POO0AKt_cwdlSwA71xOQ5_zkoFtrONCy7ecfakNa143LkQWwzUR-16RYXKfkwwaEpQGvBAe_-QKUzPA/s4608/20221203_112857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVA6G9K_0_qEvgPvpTyjMsKqgJSS2qLQ7FOOCyC4t1fPUGiEs3OR_olJn1x87BPEjh9ju4pEoYvLKujJCb9wBtrGn7Ncg9Xci2JrGs_xNiD9POO0AKt_cwdlSwA71xOQ5_zkoFtrONCy7ecfakNa143LkQWwzUR-16RYXKfkwwaEpQGvBAe_-QKUzPA/w93-h200/20221203_112857.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>Big wonderful shells I have seen at museums in Europe. Here you find them walking and take them as souvenirs. No shops here, just the treasures of nature. </div><div>Small traces οf small desert animals... I'm trying to take everything in!</div><div>Just before reaching the beach, dogs come barking towards us! I nod to K. to stand still so they would not feel threatened. A guy came out of a hut and called them back. Ouf! We were safe. The spirit of Freeda is next to us. One of the dogs followed us during our visit to the beach, but he never tried to come near us. </div><div>After an hour of walking, we reach the beach. The breathtaking beach. The magestic beach. The divine beach. The big waves and the seagulls and the magic white sand!</div><div>I take off my shoes, I put on my swim suit. </div><div>I'm too scared to swim in a sea I don't know. </div><div>I'm a little bit frustrated, but it's ok, I am walking with my feet in the water.</div><div>I am in awe. </div><div>We see people arriving to fish. 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On the road back, we realised that there is plastic everywhere, this virgin place spoilt by man. I put on my futa, the sun was burning and it was becoming unbearable. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKiOOi7UOI18WZ_PoPu3FMXMvTZsIWSVfPWCI2uFpFU5QTi6UGmvcnR-HCCjOuMrysMqUwiuJGI1PRnMCuxkmkCv5ZjaMhcpz2nysrQkRILThUWRRUGG8-DZK2zO9rnPIvRPasJbG2_cSG9UUtx9njV-ejm5NGzjd9IRv7qJdWhhRLUGwN579ecXMhQ/s4608/20221203_125410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKiOOi7UOI18WZ_PoPu3FMXMvTZsIWSVfPWCI2uFpFU5QTi6UGmvcnR-HCCjOuMrysMqUwiuJGI1PRnMCuxkmkCv5ZjaMhcpz2nysrQkRILThUWRRUGG8-DZK2zO9rnPIvRPasJbG2_cSG9UUtx9njV-ejm5NGzjd9IRv7qJdWhhRLUGwN579ecXMhQ/w93-h200/20221203_125410.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguoHR670FFWBZECZ_f-cmpNRe-d8FwsWbSvyo3OigDiy1cyZ106vfVehUuRyW3mq4EOx4S_B0IzJgZDbt7c7vnhMhC4mLY6viJEkhkSlof7d8aN4a0iXAFZkfedF-zqCy3DW-Ffd0CpEkV5qeYTEcHm9luaKBzKGauZPoyE49XfjChSBH1QboKW7thzQ/s3296/20221203_130010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2472" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguoHR670FFWBZECZ_f-cmpNRe-d8FwsWbSvyo3OigDiy1cyZ106vfVehUuRyW3mq4EOx4S_B0IzJgZDbt7c7vnhMhC4mLY6viJEkhkSlof7d8aN4a0iXAFZkfedF-zqCy3DW-Ffd0CpEkV5qeYTEcHm9luaKBzKGauZPoyE49XfjChSBH1QboKW7thzQ/w150-h200/20221203_130010.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>When we went back we were hot and hungry. A fresh nurishing salad and a fish plate! Miam miam! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPR3lm9ReJxOHvVqj6WF1WUVm9wfLyFz70Jow_q24_zdDiQ2natXhEHcAuIhyhs8FlvUij8s06jqZ5vFPj0lKlqHj5wilvSR8o2kuYNGkcpOyWDDWUB5edJ0JClGgCF_pDdndNXDr70uk8-fPKbH299G0va-gPhXHNiLMAhR8Pp4-5DA6PXz5n4pH1TQ/s4608/20221203_140134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPR3lm9ReJxOHvVqj6WF1WUVm9wfLyFz70Jow_q24_zdDiQ2natXhEHcAuIhyhs8FlvUij8s06jqZ5vFPj0lKlqHj5wilvSR8o2kuYNGkcpOyWDDWUB5edJ0JClGgCF_pDdndNXDr70uk8-fPKbH299G0va-gPhXHNiLMAhR8Pp4-5DA6PXz5n4pH1TQ/w93-h200/20221203_140134.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>After a small siesta, we go towards the Kite Surf school to see if the wind will rise in the afternoon. Unfortunately Aeolus, the Greek god of wind, is not by our side. K. starts to be frustrated by the lack of wind. He works himself to reason and he never loses faith. <div>The afternoon we returned to the Dakhla lagoon in front of the hotel. The tide is low and we walk a lot to reach the water. there is one guy kiting but the conditions are really not strong enough. </div><div>I indulge in my favorite hobby, collecting shells. My feet are full of sand, my hands are full of sand, the weather is hot on the 3rd of December, I am in heaven!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIo59fZhhIoJxNxOikPmEsrycQNtlpjcgTlhK3pvLiZsZ9onsc-Dw2-ZPV9UQkBhEdenQtqbRvPOXBMzweljO-5zhH1XngJTAGnenMScwZldgDgb1dEHRdrijwIWvOrVe8ATehLCg5LyMSnn79ih8vEmu6Satvbf0vF5q8wBOLfM8gYxReOoXRNSqCw/s4608/20221203_172835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIo59fZhhIoJxNxOikPmEsrycQNtlpjcgTlhK3pvLiZsZ9onsc-Dw2-ZPV9UQkBhEdenQtqbRvPOXBMzweljO-5zhH1XngJTAGnenMScwZldgDgb1dEHRdrijwIWvOrVe8ATehLCg5LyMSnn79ih8vEmu6Satvbf0vF5q8wBOLfM8gYxReOoXRNSqCw/w200-h93/20221203_172835.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwo7-rXISkbW8HhgvkRuILAc3HcVAkoo1gtmPpgqyWgllgPWoYOPdWrdVoiPnh2eA19SkZRgIH61x8Y2LDXTmqRhHH3owb8zhAbA8_ezUyW_tie0XeCHg5HHEEh5n4NpTtdO5-UesS8CcITHDjQGRbdQbd8SUItZxnDjOfAs7HgBDCNh36oTeGOnLKg/s4608/20221203_172907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwo7-rXISkbW8HhgvkRuILAc3HcVAkoo1gtmPpgqyWgllgPWoYOPdWrdVoiPnh2eA19SkZRgIH61x8Y2LDXTmqRhHH3owb8zhAbA8_ezUyW_tie0XeCHg5HHEEh5n4NpTtdO5-UesS8CcITHDjQGRbdQbd8SUItZxnDjOfAs7HgBDCNh36oTeGOnLKg/w200-h93/20221203_172907.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtevqXSC6ywxhsWbR756rH9WVGE0AnAJinoLrv4YRlvveMtYF9FApEGZPsKEbaItDQsvzCjLiaaZPLjZfknhizS42Qy-mwQ-xOwwUesshfkukdCPKxuRUyDLBrbaQLUy1W9sVFfCjcVlYb5CKWVmO0fOxOW9L1M5N9SQ7Ts60bp6cQex342TP2SPyxg/s4608/20221203_172959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtevqXSC6ywxhsWbR756rH9WVGE0AnAJinoLrv4YRlvveMtYF9FApEGZPsKEbaItDQsvzCjLiaaZPLjZfknhizS42Qy-mwQ-xOwwUesshfkukdCPKxuRUyDLBrbaQLUy1W9sVFfCjcVlYb5CKWVmO0fOxOW9L1M5N9SQ7Ts60bp6cQex342TP2SPyxg/w93-h200/20221203_172959.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cq8vPU2XauRbx7jXLjuX96VKWXI5IuNvYpeR8ASzSTqOLHx0GiyumbNFn3N0FcbaZLWUTQYifrTACKW15xoNQ3AWLKAg6eg4ZcK5ON-uP9CZbsphPJvHS8_ecdQECdmCzGk9vdB15fphtMs_CBhXtgKDINLQeBzMWF6MRVbI_XznVERqf6LW9HC4gA/s4608/20221203_173014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cq8vPU2XauRbx7jXLjuX96VKWXI5IuNvYpeR8ASzSTqOLHx0GiyumbNFn3N0FcbaZLWUTQYifrTACKW15xoNQ3AWLKAg6eg4ZcK5ON-uP9CZbsphPJvHS8_ecdQECdmCzGk9vdB15fphtMs_CBhXtgKDINLQeBzMWF6MRVbI_XznVERqf6LW9HC4gA/w93-h200/20221203_173014.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>The day finishes with an evening meal and my eyes are full of images painted white, yellow and blue. I live a second summer after the summer and I am happy, full and grateful. travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-18302334664471669592022-12-18T12:52:00.004+02:002022-12-18T13:24:00.120+02:00A week in Dakhla, the desert in our heart. First day.<p style="text-align: center;"><b>This trip is dedicated to Freeda. We had the most wonderful life toghether and now that she is gone, she has given me the freedom to travel without having to worry about where she will stay. Be well my wonderful fantastic, free, dog companion.</b> </p><p>On the first of December we took a plane to Dakhla.</p><p>There is a different exhitement when you visit another continent.</p><p>This is not Europe, your comfort zone, this is africa, more over Morocco, an arab country.</p><p>You feel like an alien, a christian in a muslim country (I'm not at all religious, but I know THEY are), a white woman in the south, a head uncovered in the middle of mantilas... All these questions keep spinning in your head.</p><p>But you have to get out of your confort zone. I have decided to anyway.</p><p>My companion (lets call him K. for the rest of this trip) is a kite surfer so he knew the place was the Mecca of kite surf. Our plan was to spend a week there. He would kite and I would sleep, eat, read, listen to music, swim in the pool, whatever.</p><p>The weather in France was beggining to get cold. We got our big coats, scarfs, bonnets and gloves and off we went!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h8WhfNI8dcf0Pxo025VVhWGboCeSHHeLz-P3qVVrN2CoDd04Rix8ZXDxD3FhIckDNnZ2kstxxuRF2-UyLUCb56vOw2xfpvs8GV6QzzKBIVKG84iwEGeKrGUm8jIk-SwlehauPPdPE3ceqsAY9U6kDrnNAd2FdhN5p-o_tT4ZYnQwDBbb-uctH9a86A/s4608/20221201_132841.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h8WhfNI8dcf0Pxo025VVhWGboCeSHHeLz-P3qVVrN2CoDd04Rix8ZXDxD3FhIckDNnZ2kstxxuRF2-UyLUCb56vOw2xfpvs8GV6QzzKBIVKG84iwEGeKrGUm8jIk-SwlehauPPdPE3ceqsAY9U6kDrnNAd2FdhN5p-o_tT4ZYnQwDBbb-uctH9a86A/w93-h200/20221201_132841.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><p>Lyon - Casablanca, Casablanca - Dakhla.</p><p>We arrived in Dakhla in the middle of the night at 00.45.</p><p>Our driver was waiting to take us to the hotel. In the car radio, a kind of berber desert music like Tinariwen but a lot more traditional and with terrible reception. The guy does not speak engligh and his french is incomprehensible so we quickly stopped trying to make small talk. In silence, we took in the smells and the humidity of the air.</p><p>When we arrived to our hotel, we were greeted but the manager. They were all wearing hoodies and flip-flops at one o clock in the morning! In December! As he was talking I took one small step back and there was NOTHING and I started falling back! It was a small place where you could rinse your feet from the sand. The water tap met my thigh and I was sure I would spend the next days with a nice bruise! Fortunately no more hurting at that point. We'll go to bed and we'll see tomorrow. Our room is nicely decorated. The hotel is called <a href="https://www.dakhla-evasion.com/en/" target="_blank">Dakhla Evasion </a>in case you wanna visit their website.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiET30vSDSCkLaz5GzSZaynXQzgYDRqOGYnUUv8IZd6pzXXbaRtd3JAAfWBNPjXwqRNGsX4s0qamwp1EGIyoDMwqNTzZTyRXHKV3p9Tm8Zv3Kad6h-YwI5992qVJwBfv66SkQijtPQFHu_xOFezq9EyHtXsYFI6QUDE3hTMI4qUbXepu2GGFuriQbcR3g/s4608/20221202_014528.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiET30vSDSCkLaz5GzSZaynXQzgYDRqOGYnUUv8IZd6pzXXbaRtd3JAAfWBNPjXwqRNGsX4s0qamwp1EGIyoDMwqNTzZTyRXHKV3p9Tm8Zv3Kad6h-YwI5992qVJwBfv66SkQijtPQFHu_xOFezq9EyHtXsYFI6QUDE3hTMI4qUbXepu2GGFuriQbcR3g/w200-h93/20221202_014528.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_o3GTptEbqe1ydVuwsh-z2Ya-GXaRqYmg2zf0OJ2E2HuhhpNicgn0EzYAiNjGdS0MpNrvYfYWsE86c_mMsBFGMv2alHH2Aw2r_MXSL-Bh3xnyKyYygvH4rt4c2BaEKxXNM2BOkcYIlBqWQWnDh4RJJA7dg3uzxEOt4gUD32hwZGtEN0CHBJ2SsG7Mw/s2576/20221202_014536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2576" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_o3GTptEbqe1ydVuwsh-z2Ya-GXaRqYmg2zf0OJ2E2HuhhpNicgn0EzYAiNjGdS0MpNrvYfYWsE86c_mMsBFGMv2alHH2Aw2r_MXSL-Bh3xnyKyYygvH4rt4c2BaEKxXNM2BOkcYIlBqWQWnDh4RJJA7dg3uzxEOt4gUD32hwZGtEN0CHBJ2SsG7Mw/w200-h93/20221202_014536.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>December 2nd at Dakhla. </p><p>We get out of our room and there is fog everywhere. You don't see anything and everything is really eerie and very very wet. </p><p>The desert wants to keep her mystery until the sun goes up...</p><p>Here is what everything looked like when we got our of the room. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxfY4NkhI8TPvfv6JwOKAZ4TE-t1R1a9JJdh5JHUSUEMP7aAulP4wFoCcx-7tYzQls7-J-W8u39jpVATFzZvpaI8D23OscTBDqP7KNM4512xs1Y7TA5uP6AzNKt7oddAter9mgZf3MGVmQfniJvHM_JiLdR0FsGogb6FIT_-_nivGDFKJ5GerlA4ctw/s2576/20221202_090819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2576" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxfY4NkhI8TPvfv6JwOKAZ4TE-t1R1a9JJdh5JHUSUEMP7aAulP4wFoCcx-7tYzQls7-J-W8u39jpVATFzZvpaI8D23OscTBDqP7KNM4512xs1Y7TA5uP6AzNKt7oddAter9mgZf3MGVmQfniJvHM_JiLdR0FsGogb6FIT_-_nivGDFKJ5GerlA4ctw/w200-h93/20221202_090819.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ST8kSQdt4wg40zS4skY1XyI5qE_Nq6QoOaXb4RhCgUFf-23D7zz3RG3Yzo-VJFQNLA-HSUqSA1ljTs9_8zREChRXtj9ruVUlX64GIJRQc6Jm-ONZ5SjzgIt2Is04afg0aJhyIAoiMNVwzVwbaTCRXcAVy9x5YqiDdaz0f_X7TWGfSSw4vCYH7ahe7g/s2576/20221202_091447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2576" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ST8kSQdt4wg40zS4skY1XyI5qE_Nq6QoOaXb4RhCgUFf-23D7zz3RG3Yzo-VJFQNLA-HSUqSA1ljTs9_8zREChRXtj9ruVUlX64GIJRQc6Jm-ONZ5SjzgIt2Is04afg0aJhyIAoiMNVwzVwbaTCRXcAVy9x5YqiDdaz0f_X7TWGfSSw4vCYH7ahe7g/w200-h93/20221202_091447.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AQNklskThQLZ60RvgBPBjXfwdPNEkngu7jJoGRmtSKNpISYs4utm2vtqy3wDhziuegUtiWWmUGRhYllWxkb3KPtgzYcBXl2Wbtg6fncparmOyf7rucnTHEudSCisiB_wSJjl4TBdWfgHSg8ZKzbznXpGdoPofdT2adoShQB8u9_4stgUJ1jOG41HFw/s4608/20221202_092142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AQNklskThQLZ60RvgBPBjXfwdPNEkngu7jJoGRmtSKNpISYs4utm2vtqy3wDhziuegUtiWWmUGRhYllWxkb3KPtgzYcBXl2Wbtg6fncparmOyf7rucnTHEudSCisiB_wSJjl4TBdWfgHSg8ZKzbznXpGdoPofdT2adoShQB8u9_4stgUJ1jOG41HFw/w200-h93/20221202_092142.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4xUejMLk5LRS-pP_XklRB7dvooS8scQ0TSr8JSKU1H9Nj9zab9S_7vsgPR8TjGqozUQb8TC5Y4N-uZMA0dH7XZPBIvOeo8iZ2GulnX4WETD6yME8Ks2Kscb89kZPnH2u4yGQ-q9d5SKPuc_yLbw31wl-d91AfahXRSZ5Z9GsFdwxnqDQZ00ikNbtig/s4608/20221202_092207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4xUejMLk5LRS-pP_XklRB7dvooS8scQ0TSr8JSKU1H9Nj9zab9S_7vsgPR8TjGqozUQb8TC5Y4N-uZMA0dH7XZPBIvOeo8iZ2GulnX4WETD6yME8Ks2Kscb89kZPnH2u4yGQ-q9d5SKPuc_yLbw31wl-d91AfahXRSZ5Z9GsFdwxnqDQZ00ikNbtig/w200-h93/20221202_092207.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We ate breakfast in a wonderfully decorated restaurant, served by a wonterful man. Psemen, the arab pancake, french pastries, handmade bread, fresh fruit, cake... OMG the breakfast was sooo big! I never eat that much in the morning but everything was so delicious, I could simply not stop! For the next six days, we would be eating this delicious breakfast. Every effort I made to lose weight before coming here is lost. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqt2h4rSprMkYh8mc90tZfy-X06TOZYHH-UczlpDJz-CUIwVVEQIOwrnMV5TayN9mqIKa54jovYuFfyYBLC0v--UXHeDI4qWAR1ZzF7t60T0LKs5fycJS75Acx2YselLf7BGxpOQnVtfhDKd8lHH68q-W9T6XNi0ALoW-3PDFbUTEmCy1Ce3QlSM7Lg/s4608/20221202_092447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqt2h4rSprMkYh8mc90tZfy-X06TOZYHH-UczlpDJz-CUIwVVEQIOwrnMV5TayN9mqIKa54jovYuFfyYBLC0v--UXHeDI4qWAR1ZzF7t60T0LKs5fycJS75Acx2YselLf7BGxpOQnVtfhDKd8lHH68q-W9T6XNi0ALoW-3PDFbUTEmCy1Ce3QlSM7Lg/w200-h93/20221202_092447.jpg" width="200" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmZLhlOOJMGverWmAYk7Bgz1KfN5EkFyk91fQs4Q5Aksq76ZqaoHs6bh3cT5TXz63bbILyzCDpmnnbDqlBMR0lE_dAIwh_3YXouH4euElJY8osb1ijzBJ_R696_sGKFUO4XWj-4si5Sau-jgp0QUUELvBlC6a1IYYeJR7B_Jskjcrn0LsDIU72qDqbA/s4608/20221202_092453.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmZLhlOOJMGverWmAYk7Bgz1KfN5EkFyk91fQs4Q5Aksq76ZqaoHs6bh3cT5TXz63bbILyzCDpmnnbDqlBMR0lE_dAIwh_3YXouH4euElJY8osb1ijzBJ_R696_sGKFUO4XWj-4si5Sau-jgp0QUUELvBlC6a1IYYeJR7B_Jskjcrn0LsDIU72qDqbA/w93-h200/20221202_092453.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>Happy belly, off we go to explore the place. Everything is still covered in fog, but we don't care! Fuck we are in DAKHLA baby!<div>We are always dressed as silly europeans, closed shoes and warm clothes. Soon we will do as the locals do. Walk around in flip flops and carry around a small jacket, not for the cold, but to cover from the sun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1QHptFID4g8Tsmuqg4YTGvcO275vPCHCVg3ZgIThZk5cNvMYk2LvKdO4RTjvN4qgZ8aUkHuKSp3iqq744KbS4XvE_lwFasyxzn_b1nCI8rOFhu1fKKIVVmA0pzA5PnhlSctXaV9gdrqK4QLMWQ33liuoRGYsIA6Uf3BamAq-yM-G5YIPxfm8RQnlWA/s4608/20221202_101025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1QHptFID4g8Tsmuqg4YTGvcO275vPCHCVg3ZgIThZk5cNvMYk2LvKdO4RTjvN4qgZ8aUkHuKSp3iqq744KbS4XvE_lwFasyxzn_b1nCI8rOFhu1fKKIVVmA0pzA5PnhlSctXaV9gdrqK4QLMWQ33liuoRGYsIA6Uf3BamAq-yM-G5YIPxfm8RQnlWA/w200-h93/20221202_101025.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgn5np0vi1ydJ--Ty92_GKN0rGB5ni4VLD8otsXUDSlUsQG2N7QAZhHU-HF_7A8IYAMdokT-npCV984eEXDGVqUSf8C7EJI_WM7L_mtzxKSn04gY-SnAamIZebygq4hOSyI1tQc5t7mldfDjQIk_2hYEVmrcqAxWLsADT6UNyI24yiywxzrC3FyiKmIg/s4608/20221202_104320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgn5np0vi1ydJ--Ty92_GKN0rGB5ni4VLD8otsXUDSlUsQG2N7QAZhHU-HF_7A8IYAMdokT-npCV984eEXDGVqUSf8C7EJI_WM7L_mtzxKSn04gY-SnAamIZebygq4hOSyI1tQc5t7mldfDjQIk_2hYEVmrcqAxWLsADT6UNyI24yiywxzrC3FyiKmIg/w200-h93/20221202_104320.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>This first morning is the best! The fog is giving everything a touch of mystery and I feel like being in a dream, in a film, in another reality. It is not the european fog with its' cold eeriness. It is a warm desert fog filled with the precious humidity that feeds the wonderful cactus plants. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW37gN5kkSBqnAbpgIHFMBt4Y9lwxKzctnvw1lG996rB7ewtAH9UM0sBG-Nmc9PC5OyAyzwy-OHoWrNXBe-761L9--GmFExNrGVmiDMGdNOvwmoBx4QW7NsJX3bN4yuiVnNUnYlrCn8P_ystHr9k-J60pPMPSusN1DDbuWAoHLY2M21hBVZq4o0xH-vg/s4608/20221202_100624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW37gN5kkSBqnAbpgIHFMBt4Y9lwxKzctnvw1lG996rB7ewtAH9UM0sBG-Nmc9PC5OyAyzwy-OHoWrNXBe-761L9--GmFExNrGVmiDMGdNOvwmoBx4QW7NsJX3bN4yuiVnNUnYlrCn8P_ystHr9k-J60pPMPSusN1DDbuWAoHLY2M21hBVZq4o0xH-vg/w200-h93/20221202_100624.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsAqCb39DoTc6nRZs5LObNbmxqbl2Cj5YG8wCA22gNEZDZFoz73qn2atzPTdDsUAas13WM0IzLmXJs1wiQwAFj0gi4MiFjfh-U8SiJwdsBdYYqA_h9ABUSkL9pqy0mijf69qAUssBbYVRuytZcq09ABOnIziuELPdW2wM4F84lZwzNaJBMk6axrPyQA/s4608/20221202_100948_001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsAqCb39DoTc6nRZs5LObNbmxqbl2Cj5YG8wCA22gNEZDZFoz73qn2atzPTdDsUAas13WM0IzLmXJs1wiQwAFj0gi4MiFjfh-U8SiJwdsBdYYqA_h9ABUSkL9pqy0mijf69qAUssBbYVRuytZcq09ABOnIziuELPdW2wM4F84lZwzNaJBMk6axrPyQA/w200-h93/20221202_100948_001.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our hotel is in front of the sea so, despite the fog, we go towards the sea. I will soon take my shoes off, I need to feel this wet sand. It is chilly but not cold. And there are some wonderful tiny white shells everywhere! my senses are full, and the sun starts to win over the fog. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-blxuBomWALNaJSe9O3V9h2htfDnClaStFCth2GbaGjbJIjRdp4ZINKCqJMJ-b2PYPb2D2J6Ssjum_iKeSzZQG_TyLK4QWQqgjn8dcPBfY2aO8MZeRaTHy1de9i5dg754pW11Wh3_cJEaQ1q2W14yEXYjZS-46_2fiBopSUAsgdt-_UAIO6IBCBtjwQ/s2576/20221202_103015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2576" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-blxuBomWALNaJSe9O3V9h2htfDnClaStFCth2GbaGjbJIjRdp4ZINKCqJMJ-b2PYPb2D2J6Ssjum_iKeSzZQG_TyLK4QWQqgjn8dcPBfY2aO8MZeRaTHy1de9i5dg754pW11Wh3_cJEaQ1q2W14yEXYjZS-46_2fiBopSUAsgdt-_UAIO6IBCBtjwQ/w200-h93/20221202_103015.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVI3RfOvfJyGDOURkVjkB-tvBRVCOnn43mjQShlDwRH-d25JBWXnlC5exljEGbBn7AtLlblBRPdZLiXcOf57Ee1E4X_6juqxYxK0aUo6HXHGRfqxtfEYPd5dD5YZ_8ujZ7PmW8pjLX-J6QnzHdOAJmDs5zwnhWhRRGQIEjJDs2_afSsn_MTwplzZEUuQ/s2576/20221202_102940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVI3RfOvfJyGDOURkVjkB-tvBRVCOnn43mjQShlDwRH-d25JBWXnlC5exljEGbBn7AtLlblBRPdZLiXcOf57Ee1E4X_6juqxYxK0aUo6HXHGRfqxtfEYPd5dD5YZ_8ujZ7PmW8pjLX-J6QnzHdOAJmDs5zwnhWhRRGQIEjJDs2_afSsn_MTwplzZEUuQ/w93-h200/20221202_102940.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYdA2GikeceGqLjqlwh-6KH73TigzrkicLxfpgZKUR4h7aol1kt22r2OD5MmRyYMkvsHGTIi4K516JZ2-AsU0RdIC8xUHC7Z8zpFHovNzn5pIf6eSV4CYqDfgb5XyKOAPhMDoYNks9Ei-RZ7ycNWBG1paLZST_wQmSEUAdhOetwujLiU2oTZWM1c8Zg/s2576/20221202_103106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1188" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYdA2GikeceGqLjqlwh-6KH73TigzrkicLxfpgZKUR4h7aol1kt22r2OD5MmRyYMkvsHGTIi4K516JZ2-AsU0RdIC8xUHC7Z8zpFHovNzn5pIf6eSV4CYqDfgb5XyKOAPhMDoYNks9Ei-RZ7ycNWBG1paLZST_wQmSEUAdhOetwujLiU2oTZWM1c8Zg/w93-h200/20221202_103106.jpg" width="93" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihc04ROlqL9VX1PO-r_NDDH--NsTm6gF_mWliDjbpd49XoKEisWJSZy9BsVXpBc5ZID-_-3oKqis9sn8BPYJl55Nubf6ZenhCJhizp-9G0WraCFw4USp9FP2rjy_I7GXWHVo9DKspmnhOOIztfMRBdXYpA8uFC92nMIkerhcPoNC_O0BgnEUfGrb6Gaw/s4608/20221202_103324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihc04ROlqL9VX1PO-r_NDDH--NsTm6gF_mWliDjbpd49XoKEisWJSZy9BsVXpBc5ZID-_-3oKqis9sn8BPYJl55Nubf6ZenhCJhizp-9G0WraCFw4USp9FP2rjy_I7GXWHVo9DKspmnhOOIztfMRBdXYpA8uFC92nMIkerhcPoNC_O0BgnEUfGrb6Gaw/w93-h200/20221202_103324.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>Behind the hotel, there is a small dune, where you can climb and see the view from a height. The sand was virgin. Walking on virgin, untouched sand with your bare feet is better than sex. Your feet touch the ground and it feels like walking on a cloud. Words are poor to describe this amazing sensation. I would spend a week walking on sand! I am in heaven on earth.</div><div>Meanwhile, the fog is completely gone and the sun begins to warm our bodies. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXwWTf5UsAHgBXTV26qyjmvv2hMojIk69HdcdAAK-RAm5tl2q0KrrE130WTp3jQbiUgIvhYEOA-ksQMTnCmTFegTxcbbRl5e5kTtIMI6-1Mmv4HNMI65ftW8hjFFFw6XfTmxZl1-kUXwGHkYkaqvl38pENkK8VXFhZFvQSSh6x_fGzXOFdG7FZdv1Dg/w200-h93/20221202_120424.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>There is not much wind to kite surf so we take the rest of the day to walk in the sand and have a look at the swimming pool before going to eat for the second time. The pool water is cold for me so I just take the sun in. </div><div>We Greeks, don't really like pools and you might be wondering what on earth are you doing near the pool when the sea is just in front of you? Well, the Dakhla lagoon is really shallow, you walk for kilometers and the water is still around your ankles. It is really impossible to swim, you can do it in the afternoon when the tide is at its lowest but at this time of the day it is windy and it's too cold to swim.</div><div>We are not hungry at all, but we are on full board so we will eat. There are tables outside and it's hot enough to stay outside. A refreshing salad and then.... Friday is couscous for everyone in Morocco. So we had the royal treatment with a royal couscous. Semoule at the bottom, vegetables around it and meat in the middle. A mountain of colours of which I managed to eat one third, given that I was not that hungry...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbFVVvvfXSCLbQ1IH6nKUt8j_iz8jL6DnGEFWBDYHi7FQySdms1qifMPMBW5bcGv4e0CfctS56e0wyFofobra83JHos3YwyDkdqSKQ4jDo0jSx6DgcvxIeKwmDXicoGAzHE8Z3YLnHbyTNvGXO4BCVLz7omGExRJv-JoFzoduKHeftVUi9GJGDIFN5w/s4608/20221202_133022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbFVVvvfXSCLbQ1IH6nKUt8j_iz8jL6DnGEFWBDYHi7FQySdms1qifMPMBW5bcGv4e0CfctS56e0wyFofobra83JHos3YwyDkdqSKQ4jDo0jSx6DgcvxIeKwmDXicoGAzHE8Z3YLnHbyTNvGXO4BCVLz7omGExRJv-JoFzoduKHeftVUi9GJGDIFN5w/s4608/20221202_133022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK63eFEg5sJ6h0uniUwk2-wcccb8rio5XADctEfbcxnf2Y5RiUsiFeXZZYp3jdFOuMzkWh8Yb52hbxu-xZVkpZVo3Ps7enB0F83G6qM47RocLSl18RovMeqPVzNWru0wbbp3ubXSaYf5RV14LrHF92DsmBBBjfQuz-DEgU51rnf_1bLpVKx35jwoVr_Q/s4608/20221202_135045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2128" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK63eFEg5sJ6h0uniUwk2-wcccb8rio5XADctEfbcxnf2Y5RiUsiFeXZZYp3jdFOuMzkWh8Yb52hbxu-xZVkpZVo3Ps7enB0F83G6qM47RocLSl18RovMeqPVzNWru0wbbp3ubXSaYf5RV14LrHF92DsmBBBjfQuz-DEgU51rnf_1bLpVKx35jwoVr_Q/w93-h200/20221202_135045.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbFVVvvfXSCLbQ1IH6nKUt8j_iz8jL6DnGEFWBDYHi7FQySdms1qifMPMBW5bcGv4e0CfctS56e0wyFofobra83JHos3YwyDkdqSKQ4jDo0jSx6DgcvxIeKwmDXicoGAzHE8Z3YLnHbyTNvGXO4BCVLz7omGExRJv-JoFzoduKHeftVUi9GJGDIFN5w/w200-h93/20221202_133022.jpg" width="200" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzdBpexm3Mj0eV2LfufwntQBvPtt1hdRbmHkAuOVJrPOkaDsIfi4GOsCbXp6t-TtJ_2NMJ6mqxR0OSBHAgRbQCsE75glTJTOHeCE2kllAWmLOxwJpi_UXUckUmtQDDFcBpWxA-hJFXd0z8tVnAWP8dNmdsw0Q9smTZo6JCjNARAoMbkFV7rBYNe0hgg/s4608/20221202_143659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzdBpexm3Mj0eV2LfufwntQBvPtt1hdRbmHkAuOVJrPOkaDsIfi4GOsCbXp6t-TtJ_2NMJ6mqxR0OSBHAgRbQCsE75glTJTOHeCE2kllAWmLOxwJpi_UXUckUmtQDDFcBpWxA-hJFXd0z8tVnAWP8dNmdsw0Q9smTZo6JCjNARAoMbkFV7rBYNe0hgg/w200-h93/20221202_143659.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafG4eaBScdDIPMhGMe-OD9mc_uzHL0yWn_HSLzEPEqKpUGSA1nQczFNy1hRTXfsVw9EX_r-lmQ8W0-KQ7LIH9iEHyICyaDG77eM7bsqN2gQ7GEuJoafDDz1-HjVNuiMno9Lp0-y9wNrsbDVThNmjGD-eukA4uejQkeCYc7T8vCZJn3yZ26M8vVXuefg/s4608/20221202_150749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="4608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafG4eaBScdDIPMhGMe-OD9mc_uzHL0yWn_HSLzEPEqKpUGSA1nQczFNy1hRTXfsVw9EX_r-lmQ8W0-KQ7LIH9iEHyICyaDG77eM7bsqN2gQ7GEuJoafDDz1-HjVNuiMno9Lp0-y9wNrsbDVThNmjGD-eukA4uejQkeCYc7T8vCZJn3yZ26M8vVXuefg/w200-h93/20221202_150749.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>This was our first day. No kite surf, but nice food, walking in the sand and taking it easy. Dakhla was a discovery for me, I never thought I would go this far. Africa was my dream and I am in Africa. <div>A dream come true. <br /><div><br /></div><div>PS. I made a video compilation of all the small videos I took during the week in Dakhla. I hope you enjoy it! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1lGnz3mZhvI" width="320" youtube-src-id="1lGnz3mZhvI"></iframe></div><br /><p></p></div></div>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-64651826150243565762022-11-29T20:15:00.005+02:002022-11-29T20:59:28.872+02:00On the road to Morocco<p dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9GCwiwfxmeAjZ-FvBCicToifnrPV1PJGiKsNNHQts93rwozrXYu0TOfxKPkcXon-7E4OaVYsRMQDOoWOQB31MXLWHZk8bRRhLRQ6NAyrjJZi5NVpbgboe_Xtb4Fc8LlpbGSSkjJsLEMXjoWNKiNVNSBGdMGgYeMF9hoUIfLKonRbVzePtCMdKdsJ4A/s931/map.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="931" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9GCwiwfxmeAjZ-FvBCicToifnrPV1PJGiKsNNHQts93rwozrXYu0TOfxKPkcXon-7E4OaVYsRMQDOoWOQB31MXLWHZk8bRRhLRQ6NAyrjJZi5NVpbgboe_Xtb4Fc8LlpbGSSkjJsLEMXjoWNKiNVNSBGdMGgYeMF9hoUIfLKonRbVzePtCMdKdsJ4A/s320/map.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I always get butterflies before a trip. </div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here I am ready to spend 15 days in Morocco.</div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One week in Dakhla and on week in Morocco.</div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back in the days when this blog was a daily thing for me, I was wondering how and why i will travel again.</div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have travelled a lot since and it was quite simple but always exhiting!</div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So stay with me in this new short adventure!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-31729669083010437122020-12-05T11:29:00.001+02:002022-11-04T10:12:52.939+02:00Συνήθισες<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MkRVfirFELs/X8tS9EIkJ6I/AAAAAAAAC6s/f1Dl9p8frAUZtEbyPMPngAvyCwigqWCRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s3648/DSC03792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MkRVfirFELs/X8tS9EIkJ6I/AAAAAAAAC6s/f1Dl9p8frAUZtEbyPMPngAvyCwigqWCRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSC03792.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">Συνήθισες; Αν
ήταν να κάνω εικόνα αυτή την περίοδο θα ήταν ο Ηρακλής. Ο δηλητηριασμένος
χιτώνας της Δηιάνειρας. Μου φόρεσαν αυτόν τον δηλητηριασμένο χιτώνα και εγώ
παλεύω να τον βγάλω. Να κάνω ένα απότομο τίναγμα και να τον βγάλω. Αλλά δε βγαίνει.
Κάθε που κάνω μία κίνηση μπήγει τις κλωστές του πιο βαθιά. Παίρνω μία ανάσα να
ξεκουραστώ. Σταματάω να παλεύω με τον χιτώνα. Λέω ίσως αν δεν κουνιέμαι πολύ να
πέσει από μόνος του. Αυτός ο χιτώνας μου πνίγει την ελευθερία. Δεν μπορώ πια να
δω τους φίλους μου. Δεν μπορώ πια με ένα τηλέφωνο να τους μαζέψω για ένα
τσίπουρο. «Θα περάσω μόλις τελειώσω τη δουλειά.» Πόσο μπανάλ αυτή η φράση. Τώρα
μέσα. Ο χιτώνας σου δεν φεύγει. Κολλαει στο δέρμα. Κάθεσαι μπροστά στην
τηλεόραση και βλέπεις ταινίες και σειρές. Με το βελονάκι στα χέρια για να μην
τρως τα νύχια σου. Ταξιδεύεις σε κόσμους μέσα από την οθόνη, αλλά δεν μπορείς
να ζήσεις έναν έρωτα εφήμερο. Δεν μπορείς να βγεις και να φλερτάρεις. Ο χιτώνας
θα μπήξει τις κλωστές του πιο βαθιά αν τολμήσεις να φλερτάρεις. Εκεί έξω.
Κάποτε ονειρευόσουνα να μπεις σε αεροπλάνα. Να κάνεις ένα μακρινό ή ένα κοντινό
ταξίδι.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ούτε αυτό μπορείς. Λες θα είναι
για λίγο και κάθεσαι στην καρέκλα σου. Στον καναπέ σου. Φορώντας αυτόν τον δηλητηριασμένο
χιτώνα της Δηιάνειρας. Πλησιάζουν τα γενέθλιά σου. Κάποτε έκανες μεγάλες
μαζώξεις και πάρτι. Ζούσες για να δέχεσαι στο σπίτι σου. Αγκαλιές και δώρα.
Χαμόγελα και χειραψίες. Φαγητό και ποτό. Χορό και ξενύχτι. Χωρίς μανδύες. Φέτος
μέσα. Οι φίλοι στην οθόνη και το πλάι μία μπύρα με πατατάκια. Ο μανδύας
καραδοκεί. Να σε πονέσει. Τον φοράς και λες θα βγει όπου να ναι. Δεν θα
αντισταθώ άλλο και ίσως φύγει μόνος του. Ίσως μου τον βγάλουνε. Συνηθίζεις σιγά
σιγά. Λες εντάξει δεν είναι και τόσο άβολος. Λίγο λίγο το δηλητήριο περνά στις φλέβες
σου. Το νιώθεις οικείο. Δεν θέλεις να βγεις. Τα ψώνια για να φας, αγγαρεία. Τι παράξενο
που ο χιτώνας δεν πονάει όταν βγαίνεις για τα απαραίτητα. Μόνο για τα
απαραίτητα. Έχει ήλιο έξω. Δεν θες να βγεις, άλλο ένα επεισόδιο ξεκινάει αυτόματα
για να ζήσεις την ζωή του πρωταγωνιστή, να κλάψεις να γελάσεις ή να φοβηθείς. Πόσες
χιλιάδες άτομα πήγαν σ’ αυτή τη συναυλία; Τι κάνουν όλοι μαζί μπροστά στο
Φρέντυ Μέρκιουρι; Δεν φοβούνται; Θυμάσαι κάποτε που είχες πάει σε μία συναυλία.
Εννιά χιλιάδες άτομα, γιγαντοοθόνες και μπύρα στο χέρι. Στριμωγμένοι σε ένα
γήπεδο, χορεύαμε ιδρωμένοι μισοζαλισμένοι και στριμωγμένοι. Χώνεσαι στον καναπέ
και φοβάσαι ότι με αυτή την ανάμνηση ο χιτώνας μπορεί να ξυπνήσει. Μην κουνιέσαι.
Μην θυμάσαι. Πονάει πολύ να θυμάσαι. Έχει ήλιο έξω. Σε λίγο θα νυχτώσει βγες.
Δεν θέλω. Θα μείνω εδώ με τον μανδύα μου. Τον συνήθισα. Είναι ζεστός σαν
κουβέρτα. Θα τυλιχτώ με τα αγκάθια του. Θα ματώσω πιο πολύ. Αφήστε με εδώ να
ματώνω το δηλητήριο του χιτώνα μου. Θυμάμαι που έπαιζα στο θέατρο. Θυμάμαι που τραγουδούσα
σε μπαρ γεμάτα καπνό και καύλα. Ευτυχώς πρόλαβα να ζήσω λίγο πριν έρθει ο
μανδύας. Ευτυχώς που δεν είμαι παιδί. Ευτυχώς που δεν είμαι έφηβη. Ευτυχώς που
δεν είμαι νέα. Είμαι κάπου στη μέση. Και συνήθισα. Δεν θέλω να βγω. Μουδιασμένη
μέσα σε ένα δηλητηριασμένο μανδύα που φορώ σαν τον Ηρακλή. Υπήρχε κάποτε μία
ωραία λέξη η ελευθερία. Ήξερες να τη λες σε πολλές γλώσσες. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Liberte</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;"> </span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">στα γαλλικά. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Freedom</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;"> </span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">στα αγγλικά. </span>Libertad<span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">? Σε
πια γλώσσα; Σε ποιον αιώνα; Σε ποια εποχή; Πού; Πότε; Κάποτε; Συνήθισες τόσο το
χιτώνα σου που ακόμα κι αν η ελευθερία ξανάρθει, δεν θα ξέρεις τι να την
κάνεις. Δεν πιστεύεις πια ότι αυτός ο χιτώνας θα βγει η θα πέσει. Κουράστηκες
να παλεύεις να τον βγάλεις. Κουράστηκες. Συνήθισες. Όλα τα συνηθίζει ο άνθρωπος.
Ακόμα και τον δηλητηριασμένο χιτώνα της Δηιάνειρας. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-39897597222751225762020-11-20T11:26:00.002+02:002022-11-04T10:13:04.136+02:00Τι έκανε πάλι;<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1iqUm7wo0rs/X7eLnhrvhrI/AAAAAAAAC5w/fCLS9dkpN4EgWbNLZRS02j-jApBri5vJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s3648/DSC04971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1iqUm7wo0rs/X7eLnhrvhrI/AAAAAAAAC5w/fCLS9dkpN4EgWbNLZRS02j-jApBri5vJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSC04971.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">«Τι έκανε πάλι το
κωλόπαιδο;» Αυτό σκέφτηκε όταν στην άλλη άκρη της γραμμής κάποιος του είπε «σας
βρήκα από τον τηλεφωνικό κατάλογο. Είστε ο πατέρας της;» Η κόρη του. Χώραγε στη
χούφτα του την πρώτη φορά που της έπλυνε το κορμάκι της στο μαιευτήριο. Αυτό το
μικρό πλασματάκι που μεγαλώνοντας θαρρείς και σκορπούσε μπουρμπουλήθρες γύρω της.
Μάθαινε να διαβάζει, μάθαινε να παίζει, έτρεχε να τον προϋπαντήσει με την
αδερφή της τρέχοντας όταν έμπαινε σπίτι. Η χαρά του, τα παιδιά του. Η χαρά του
να τα βλέπει να μεγαλώνουν και να ομορφαίνουν. Η μεγάλη είχε μία αγάπη για τις λέξεις,
φαινόταν από μικρή. Τη θαύμαζε αυτός που δεν είχε τελειώσει το σχολείο. Θα της έδινε
ό,τι αυτός είχε στερηθεί. Ένα ταλαντούχο πλάσμα ήταν η μικρή. Τραγουδούσε, δεν
φοβόταν να ανέβει στη σκηνή. Διάβαζε, δεν φοβόταν να διαβάσει χοντρά βιβλία.
Δεν φοβόταν τίποτα αυτή η μικρή. Καμάρωνε αλλά δεν ήθελε να το δείξει. «Τι
έκανε πάλι το κωλόπαιδο;» τρυφερά το σκέφτηκε. Με μία κάποια περηφάνια. Στην
άλλη άκρη της γραμμής ήταν ένας διάσημος συγγραφέας από την Αθήνα, λέει. Του
είχε γράψει, λέει, ένα γράμμα η έφηβη κόρη του και τον συγκίνησε τόσο που έψαξε
στον τηλεφωνικό κατάλογο να τη βρει. Αυτός ο διάσημος συγγραφέας, λέει. Ήθελε, λέει,
να την γνωρίσει. Θα έκαναν το ταξίδι μαζί; Θα του έδειχνε όλα αυτά που είχε
γράψει; Και στην άκρη του κόσμου θα πήγαινε για την κόρη του. Αυτή τη μικρή που
μεγαλώνοντας ακουμπούσε τ’αστέρια ήδη. Γύριζε τον κόσμο μέσα από τις σελίδες
των βιβλίων της. Ήταν ηλικιωμένος ο συγγραφέας. Το σπίτι του ήταν αριστοκρατικό.
Ο πατέρας της ήταν έμπορος. Βιβλία δε διάβαζε, αλλά διάβαζε τους ανθρώπους. Όχι
δεν θα του έδινε τα κείμενά της η κόρη του. Όχι, δεν θα του έδινε δωρεάν τον
πλούτο του μυαλού της. Είχε την εξυπνάδα και την εγρήγορση να του πει ότι θα του
τα έστελνε φωτοτυπημένα. Ήταν κωλόπαιδο η μικρή, ήταν όμως κι αυτός κωλόπαιδο. Το
βλέμμα του ηλικιωμένου διάσημου συγγραφέα σκλήρυνε. Συνένοχοι και συνοδοιπόροι
έφυγαν. Είχαν κερδίσει. Ήταν ίσοι πνευματικά με έναν άνθρωπο του πνεύματος. Δεν
έσκυψαν, δεν έδωσαν. Την προστάτεψε. Ήταν ένα ταξίδι που κάνανε μαζί. Όλη τους τη
ζωή. Πάντα ήταν συνένοχοι. Στα καλά και στα κακά. Η κόρη του γύρισε τον κόσμο.
Κι εκείνος τον γύριζε νοερά μαζί της. Δεν το πίστευε πόσο ατρόμητο ήταν αυτό το
κωλόπαιδο. Ήρθε κι εκείνη η περίοδος της φυλακής, που φοβόσουνα μην σκοτώσεις
το διπλανό σου. Που κλείστηκαν όλοι στα σπίτια τους και η ελευθερία ήταν μόνο στις
αναμνήσεις. Ποιος ξέρει πότε θα μπορέσει να ξανασκεφτεί με περηφάνια «Τι έκανε πάλι
το κωλόπαιδο;»<o:p></o:p></span></p>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-76358221589581366972020-11-16T12:17:00.002+02:002022-11-04T10:13:11.406+02:00Γαλλία - Ιταλία - Γερμανία<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rhbgfQSeHTY/X7JRm1NyP2I/AAAAAAAAC5I/f0bN8KvsPnQY24rZL038pzvpfnsTfyfxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s3648/DSC04607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rhbgfQSeHTY/X7JRm1NyP2I/AAAAAAAAC5I/f0bN8KvsPnQY24rZL038pzvpfnsTfyfxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSC04607.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">Από μικρός
αγαπούσε τα γαλλικά και τα ιταλικά αυτοκίνητα. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Είχαν στυλ και γραμμή. Τα παιδιά του ήταν
ακόμα στο δημοτικό όταν πήρε εκείνο το μπλε σιτροέν βίζα. Κάνανε πολλές αποκοτιές
με τους φίλους του. Πίνανε και κάνανε κόντρες. Με τις οικογένειες μέσα.
Τρελοκομεία. Οικογενειάρχες αλλά με μία ωραία τρέλα. Δουλευταράδες και γλεντζέδες.
Το επόμενο γαλλικό ήταν ένα μπορντώ σιτροέν μπε-ιξ. Ατού. Μεγάλο, ευρύχωρο με
ηλεκτρικά παράθυρα. Η γυναίκα του μόλις είχε πάρει δίπλωμα, δεν την πολύ άφηνε
να το παίρνει…. Ήταν ακριβά τα ανταλλακτικά έλεγε… εξάλλου μπορούσε εκείνος με
περηφάνια να την πηγαίνει όπου ήθελε. Εκείνη δεν επέμενε, ήξερε ότι ήταν οδηγός
με εμπειρία.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Κάποια στιγμή είχε
οικονομικά προβλήματα με την επιχείρηση και έπρεπε να το πουλήσει. Πόναγε η
ψυχή του αλλά έπρεπε. Όμως εκείνο το κόκκινο μπε-ιξ ήταν δικό του. Ένα μπέρδεμα
στη μεταβίβαση και ήρθε πάλι στα χέρια του. Και έμεινε κάποια χρόνια ακόμα. Ώσπου
τον κέρδισε η Ιταλία. Ένα πράσινο σκούρο Λάντσια λίμπρα. Σαν λιμουζίνα ήταν
αυτό το αυτοκίνητο. Τα παιδιά στην εφηβεία, η επιχείρηση στα πάνω της, καθρέφτιζε
με καμάρι όλα όσα είχε πετύχει. Μόνος του. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Η σύζυγος είχε από χρόνια σταματήσει να οδηγεί.
Τον άφηνε να την πηγαινοφέρνει. Δούλευαν μαζί, σκληρά και αδιάκοπα. Και σπίτι
έφτιαξαν και η δουλειά τους αναπτύχθηκε. Τόλμησε να ονειρευτεί τη Γερμανία.
Εκείνο το σήμα που έμοιαζε με της ειρήνης. Ένα γερμανικό αμάξι, που ήταν
άπιαστο στα νεανικά του χρόνια. Μαύρο, γυαλιστερό, αυτόματο, μοντέρνο, κούκλα. Το
ονειρεύτηκε και το απόκτησε. Τα παιδιά είχαν φύγει πια. Πήραν το δρόμο τους. έπαιρναν
τη μερσεντές με την γυναίκα του, και πήγαιναν ταξίδια. Βουνά, θάλασσες, ταβέρνες,
τσιπουράκια στην παραλία… Αναπολούσε εκείνο τον καιρό που ήταν νέοι. Δούλευαν
πολύ. Έπιναν το σαββατοκύριακο. Κάναν αποκοτιές με εκείνο το φίλο που τους άφησε
νωρίς γιατί έπινε λίγο παραπάνω από το κανονικό. Κολλημένος με ένα τογιοτα
κορόλα γιαπωνέζικο, πέθανε από καρδιά την παραμονή του ρεβεγιόν του 2000. Να ‘ναι
καλα εκεί που είναι…. Το μαύρο μερσεντές είναι πάντα παρκαρισμένο κάτω από το
σπίτι. Ψιλο-κουνιέται για ψιλο-ψώνια. Άντε και για καμία ιατρική επίσκεψη στην
ηλικία τους…. Απαγορεύτηκαν οι μετακινήσεις. Οι μετακινήσεις σκοτώνουν. Η
μερσεντές περιμένει υπομονετικά. Ονειρεύεται παραλίες. Ονειρεύεται φιδωτούς
δρόμους και βουνοκορφές. Είναι γερό, δυνατό, γερμανικό σκαρί. Όπως και ο
ιδιοκτήτης του. Γερό, δυνατό σκαρί. Γεμάτο ζωή και συναισθήματα. Που έχουν μπει
στην αναμονή. <o:p></o:p></span></p>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-72164273528330826382020-11-16T11:38:00.002+02:002022-11-04T10:13:18.028+02:00επιτέλους<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lYJn4ak0Ykc/X7JIWi3ALCI/AAAAAAAAC48/IgL6PWJWv1czxVVyjwNqawjWIVMS5Oh-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s3648/DSC04496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lYJn4ak0Ykc/X7JIWi3ALCI/AAAAAAAAC48/IgL6PWJWv1czxVVyjwNqawjWIVMS5Oh-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSC04496.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">«Επιτέλους πέθανε
ο μαλάκας». Αυτό ήθελε να σκεφτεί, αλλά δεν τόλμαγε. Σα μύγα η σκέψη ερχόταν
και ζουζούνιζε γύρω της. Και την έδιωχνε. «Επιτέλους…» ο τύραννος. Ο πατέρας
των παιδιών της. «…ο μαλάκας». Τα παιδιά της τού μίλαγαν στον πληθυντικό. Την
έβριζε καθημερινά. Πόσα χρόνια είχαν περάσει μαζί; Πενήντα; Εξήντα; «επιτέλους πέθανε
ο….» ήθελε να κλάψει αλλά είχε μία άγρια, θυμωμένη χαρά στα σπλάχνα της. Ελευθερώθηκε
έστω και τώρα στην Τρίτη ηλικία. Έκλαιγε. «…ο μαλάκας» Χαρά έπαιρνε από τα
εγγόνια της. Χαρά και από τα παιδιά της. Αλλά στο τέλος της ημέρας ήταν άχρηστη
και γελοία και κοιμόταν μαζί του κάθε βράδυ. Κι ας την έβριζε. «επιτ…» . Φυσικά
και έλεγε στις φίλες της ο άντρας μου και ο άντρας μου, η περηφάνεια δεν την
άφηνε να ομολογήσει ούτε καν στον εαυτό της αυτά που πραγματικά είχε μέσα της.
Ο χρόνος είχε σταματήσει εκείνο το ταξίδι στη Βενετία όταν ήταν νέοι. Τότε που
δέχτηκε να σταματήσει τις σπουδές της. Τότε που απαρνήθηκε τις φίλες της και
την οικογένειά της. Άλλες εποχές, ήταν έπαθλο να παντρευτείς και να κάνεις
οικογένεια. Ήταν και ορφανή από μάνα…. Έπεσε στη γοητεία του. Τη ζηλιάρικη γοητεία
του. Και ανέχτηκε. «Ώσπου ο θάνατος να μας χωρίσει.» Επιτέλους μας χώρισε ο
θάνατος. Θα κάνω ένα ταξίδι. Θα πάω σ’ εκείνο το μοναστήρι με τις φίλες μου. Θα
καπνίζω επιτέλους ελεύθερα. Τόσα χρόνια κρυβόταν για να καπνίσει. Και το τε η μοίρα
της έπαιξε κακό παιχνίδι. Αν έβγαινε από το σπίτι θα πέθαινε. Αν ερχόταν σε
επαφή θα πέθαινε. Απαγορεύτηκαν τα ταξίδια και η εκδρομές. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Αν μπεις σε λεωφορείο θα πεθάνεις. Ακόμα και μετά
θάνατον τη βασάνιζε. Σαν να έστειλε εκείνη τη συμφορά ειδικά για ‘κεινη. Από το
επέκεινα. Κλεισμένη στο σπίτι, τουλάχιστον δεν ήταν αναγκασμένη να κοιμάται
δίπλα του. «επιτέλους πέθανε ο μαλάκας». Τι κρίμα, γιατί σε λίγο θα πεθάνω κι εγώ
μόνη και χωρίς να έχω ζήσει. Σαν να μην έζησα ποτέ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-16431729254797019952020-11-14T14:43:00.002+02:002022-11-04T10:13:25.058+02:00Αφρική<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PQxXdY74FRQ/X6_Qqp7BOwI/AAAAAAAAC4g/Y1XFJoIlkPgxJiCsgDSjriezqmyFtVbSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s3648/DSC04357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PQxXdY74FRQ/X6_Qqp7BOwI/AAAAAAAAC4g/Y1XFJoIlkPgxJiCsgDSjriezqmyFtVbSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSC04357.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">50 ευρώ το μήνα.
Μπορούσε. Κι αν δε μπορούσε θα ‘βαζε λιγότερα. Αλλά κάθε μήνα θα έβαζε κάτι. Είχε
αγοράσει ένα κουμπαρά που δεν ανοίγει, ένα κουμπαρά πήλινο, από αυτούς που
πρέπει να τους σπάσεις για να πάρεις τα χρήματα. Είχε ήδη πάει σε πολλές χώρες της
Ευρώπης. Αυτό που ήθελε ήταν μία στάμπα στο διαβατήριο. Μία βίζα. Ένα ταξίδι
έξω από τα συνηθισμένα. Να ξεβολευτεί, να χαθεί, να ανακαλύψει. Να γευτεί, να μαγευτεί.
Όχι στην Ινδία. Η Άπω Ανατολή δεν είχε ενδιαφέρον. Ούτε στην Νότια Αμερική. Ονειρευόταν
την Αφρική. Όχι την αραβική Αφρική. Όχι την Γαλλική Αφρική. Την Αγγλόφωνη
Αφρική. Το Δέλτα του Οκαβάνγκο. Στη Μποτσουάνα. Ή στην Τανζανία. Ήθελε να είναι
ταξιδιώτισσα, όχι τουρίστας. Ήθελε να ζήσει μέσα σε μία κοινότητα, να συμμετέχει
στο χτίσιμο ενός σχολείου, να βοηθήσει κάποιες γυναίκες να ανοίξουν ένα μαγαζί
με τις δημιουργίες τους. Αναρωτιόταν πώς να μύριζε άραγε αυτή η ξερή, παράξενη
και άγονη γη. Ήθελε να δει αυτά τα λευκά τεράστια χαμόγελα των ανθρώπων. Διάβαζε,
έψαχνε, σκίρτιζε η ψυχή της. Σε δύο χρόνια από τώρα θα έχω όσα χρειάζομαι για
να πάω. 50 επί 24, 1200 ευρώ. Καλά είναι. Τα Χριστούγεννα θα έβαζε πιο πολλά από
το δώρο της. Θα προσπαθούσε να φτάσει τα 2000. «Εγώ λέω να μείνεις αυτή τη
βδομάδα σπίτι. Μπορεί να σε σκοτώσω, εγώ, ή κάποιος πελάτης. Κι αν πεθάνει ο
πελάτης εξαιτίας σου;» Το ήξερε ότι είχε δίκιο ο εργοδότης της. Έπρεπε να
μείνει σπίτι. Η μία εβδομάδα έγινε μήνας. Τρεις μήνες μετά, το τηλεφώνημα της είπε
ότι δεν μπορεί να την πληρώνει άλλο. Γαμώτο έπρεπε να πληρώσει το νοίκι. Δύο
μήνες τώρα της το πληρώνει ο πατέρας της. Να ‘ναι καλά ο άνθρωπος. Αφού δεν
πέθανε ακόμα, πάλι καλά να λες. Τον έβαλε στο νεροχύτη. Τον κοίταξε για πολύ
ώρα. Του χάιδεψε τις καμπύλες και έβαλε τα κλάματα. Μέσα στους λυγμούς της πήρε
το σφυρί. Τον έσπασε. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1000 ευρώ. Θα της φτάσουν
για 2-3 μήνες αν κάνει οικονομίες. Η Αφρική θα είναι πάντα εκεί. Στο μέλλον. <o:p></o:p></span></p>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-28745873541847092252020-11-12T16:27:00.001+02:002022-11-04T10:13:35.235+02:00κολοκυθάκια<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C8GjiG4UeI8/X61GK17CGMI/AAAAAAAAC4E/Ug5pD-2YTLwZh8XgmBmNl-F67PwTtn_LgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201025_164219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C8GjiG4UeI8/X61GK17CGMI/AAAAAAAAC4E/Ug5pD-2YTLwZh8XgmBmNl-F67PwTtn_LgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20201025_164219.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Σιγοτραγουδούσε
καθώς γέμιζε τα κολοκυθάκια. Θα ερχόταν η κόρη με τον εγγονό της και το γαμπρό της
και θα έτρωγαν όλοι μαζί. Ο μικρός δεν τα τρώει τα κολοκυθάκια αλλά εντάξει, θα
φάει τα μακαρόνια με τον κιμά που έφτιαξε ειδικά γι’αυτόν. Σιγοτραγουδούσε
εκείνο το τραγούδι που είχε μάθει στη χορωδία, τη δεύτερη φωνή όχι την πρώτη,
καμιά φορά μπερδευόταν αλλά χαμογελούσε και συνέχιζε να σιγοτραγουδάει. Η
χορωδία ήταν η ασχολία της, η καταδική της ασχολία. Ντυνόταν, φτιαχνόταν, και
πήγαινε. ‘Η την πήγαινε ο άντρας της. Τώρα στη σύνταξη δεν είχε και πολλούς
λόγους να βγει από το σπίτι, ψώνια το πρωί, άντε και κανένα καφέ. Την είχε
σώσει η χορωδία από τη μελαγχολία της τρίτης ηλικίας. Τα παιδια μεγάλωσαν,
πήραν το δρόμο τους, αλλά εμείς τραγουδάμε. Και πάμε και ταξίδια σε φεστιβάλ…
Θυμήθηκε την κόρη της την πρώτη φορά που θα εμφανίζονταν στο θέατρο. Νόμιζε ότι
όλοι θα την κοίταζαν και ήθελε να κρυφτεί πίσω πίσω να μην τη βλέπουν. Η κόρη της
την πήγε στον εξώστη. Μία άλλη χορωδία έκανε πρόβα. «Είδες μαμά; Όλοι είναι ένα
σύνολο, κανείς δεν κοιτάζει την κυριούλα με τα γυαλιά εκεί πίσω. Έτσι
φαινόμαστε κι εμείς, είμαστε μικρές κουκίδες του συνόλου.» Ησύχασε. Πια οι
συναυλίες δεν ήταν τόσο αγχωτικές. Σκαφτόταν πόσο πολύ έτρωγαν στις πρόβες. Γιορτές,
γενέθλια, εγγόνια που γεννήθηκαν, παιδιά που παντρεύτηκαν ή πήραν πτυχίο, πάντα
υπήρχε δικαιολογία για να φιλέψει κάποιος όλη την χορωδία. Γλυκά, πίτες, τσιπούρα… Σιγοτραγουδούσε καθώς γέμιζε τα κολοκυθάκια.
Θα τα έτρωγε με τον άντρα της κάνα δυο μέρες. Θα πίνανε τα τσιπουρακια τους στη
βεράντα και μετά θα κάθονταν να φάνε. Πάντα ελπίζει να ξαναπάει στη χορωδία κάποια
μέρα. Πάνε μήνες, κοντεύει χρόνος που δεν ξαναπήγε. Μπορεί να τη σκοτώσει είπαν.
Πάνε μήνες, κάνας χρόνος που δεν είδε το εγγόνι της. Μπορεί να τη σκοτώσει ο
μικρός λένε. Ευτυχώς έχει τον άντρα της. Για να μην τη σκοτώσει η μοναξιά.<p></p>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-11683898561795934492020-11-12T15:29:00.002+02:002022-11-04T10:13:48.249+02:00το πανηγύρι<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xnhDb06K1xc/X604sDEpITI/AAAAAAAAC34/-CvSGjDH-GUq3eG7tZC_LZcGwv483B0nwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201021_074405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="209" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xnhDb06K1xc/X604sDEpITI/AAAAAAAAC34/-CvSGjDH-GUq3eG7tZC_LZcGwv483B0nwCLcBGAsYHQ/w278-h209/20201021_074405.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br />«να μην ξανά ‘ρθεις.
Και να πεις και στην αδερφή σου να μην ξανά ‘ρθει.» Έκλεισε το τηλέφωνο. Δεν
ήθελε να δει κανέναν. Θα μείνει μέσα μέχρι να τελειώσει το πανηγύρι. Θα
παραγγέλνει φαγητό και ψώνια. Θα του τα αφήνουν την εξώπορτα και θα περιμένει
μία μέρα πριν τα βάλει μέσα. Ευτυχώς που υπάρχει το ιντερνέτ για να μιλάει με
τα παιδιά του. Ευτυχώς που δεν έχει σκύλο. Δεν χρειάζεται να τον πάει βόλτα. Θα
κάτσει μέσα μέχρι να τελειώσει το πανηγύρι. Ονειρεύεται ότι θα κάνει μετά το
πανηγύρι. Όχι τίποτα φοβερό. Κανά τσιπουράκι στο καφενείο. Ήταν καλή εκείνη η γκαρσόνα
που τους έκανε όλους να γελάει. Θα πάρει το αυτοκίνητο να πάει να δει τη
θάλασσα. Όχι για να κολυμπήσει, μόνο για να μυρίσει το ιώδιο. Μπορεί να
αποφασίσει να πάει μέχρι εκείνο το μοναστήρι που είναι χτισμένο στο βράχο. Πήγαινε
συχνά όταν ζούσε η γυναίκα του. Προς το παρόν θα βλέπει τηλεόραση από το πρωί μέχρι
το βράδυ. Παρέα και παρηγοριά. Μέχρι να τελειώσει το πανηγύρι. Ξύπνησε με ένα
πόνο στο στομάχι. Πήρε το γιό του τηλέφωνο. «πατέρα να σε πάω στο γιατρό; Θα το
κάνουμε όπως πρέπει με ασφάλεια.» Δεν ήθελε. Το πανηγύρι δεν είχε τελειώσει
ακόμα. Θα περίμενε μέσα στο σπίτι του, δεν ήταν τίποτα. Δέκα μέρες μετά δεν
απαντούσε στο τηλέφωνο. Ο γιός του τον βρήκε μέσα στα αίματα. Αιμορραγία στο
στομάχι. Το πανηγύρι δεν είχε τελειώσει ακόμα. Εκεί έξω. Γιατί μέσα το πανηγύρι
είχε τελειώσει εδώ και πέντε μέρες.<o:p></o:p><p></p>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-38787977655646099752020-11-12T15:07:00.001+02:002022-11-04T10:13:42.148+02:00ελευθερη επαγγελματίας<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qzynZVeY3Qk/X60zVfYckkI/AAAAAAAAC3s/4m-76-DXOsEQWMXVn_N3sSMGdE8LzIoggCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201017_153452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qzynZVeY3Qk/X60zVfYckkI/AAAAAAAAC3s/4m-76-DXOsEQWMXVn_N3sSMGdE8LzIoggCLcBGAsYHQ/w169-h226/20201017_153452.jpg" width="169" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Το είχε πάρει
απόφαση. Θα έφευγε από αυτή τη διαφημιστική. Ο τετραψήφιος μισθός της δεν ήταν
ικανός να γεμίσει την ψυχή της. Την ψυχή της τη γέμιζαν εκείνες οι λίγες ώρες
που χάιδευε τον πηλό με τα δάχτυλά της στα μαθήματα που αποφάσισε να κάνει. Το
είχε πάρει απόφαση ότι θα άνοιγε ένα μαγαζάκι στη γενέθλια πόλη της. Ήταν
ιδιόκτητο εξάλλου, κληρονομιά του πατέρα της. Άλμα πίστης το έλεγε. Και πήγε καλά.
Απέκτησε πελατεία, φίλους, συνεργάτες, έβαλε και υπάλληλο. Της πήρε χρόνια να αναπτυχθεί
αλλα τα έξοδα ήταν λίγα και είχε και το κομπόδεμα της προηγούμενης δουλειάς.
Όχι δεν ήταν καθόλου ξεκούραστο. Καθόλου αυτονόητο. Αλλά δε μετάνιωνε που άφησε
το βέβαιο μισθό για να γίνει ελεύθερος επαγγελματίας. Ήταν ελεύθερη να περάνει
όλη της τη μέρα στο εργαστήριο της. Είχε όνειρα. Και σιγά σιγά πήγαινε προς τα
όνειρά της. Μέρα. Μήνα μήνα. Και μετά μπουκαλάκια αντισηπτικό υγρό. Δεν
βοηθούσε και πολύ στο έκζεμα που της είχε δημιουργήσει ο πηλός και τα νερά. Αλλά
το χρησιμοποιούσε πολύ. Φοβόταν. Μπορεί
να σκότωνε τον πατέρα της που έμενε στο πάνω διαμέρισμα. Πόσο καιρό είχε να τον
δει; Μήνες ολόκληρους. Για το καλό του. Τα νέα ήταν αμείλικτα. Κλείσιμο. Ποιος
χρειάζεται κεραμικά όταν όλος ο κόσμος καίγεται; Έκλεισε. Τα ‘βαλε στο ιντερνέτ,
ευτυχώς ήταν καλή σ’αυτό. Είπε στους πελάτες της να μπουν, να αγοράσουν και να
περάσουν έξω από το μαγαζί να τα πάρουν. Ή να τους τα στείλει με το ταχυδρομείο.
Αλλά που να τα βάλει ο νάνος με το γίγαντα των πωλήσεων μέσω ιντερνέτ; Αλληλεγγύη
σου λέει ο άλλος. Με ένα κλικ το αγόρασε από το γίγαντα και την άλλη μέρα ήταν εκεί.
Δεν είχε πια όρεξη να φτιάξει τίποτα. Δεν μπορούσε να δει κανέναν. Καμιά φορά αναρωτιούνται
οι παλιοί της πελάτες, τι απέγινε εκείνο το κορίτσι που είχε εκείνο το μαγαζάκι
με τα κεραμικά;</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-26741104394676225922020-11-12T11:03:00.004+02:002022-11-04T10:16:03.094+02:00Ήταν ένα όμορφο ζευγάρι<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-agSl1yjVL7Q/X6z6VTPH8dI/AAAAAAAAC3g/flCw2DVq2XksvnS_76ps2_9BUketSchKACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201009_115628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-agSl1yjVL7Q/X6z6VTPH8dI/AAAAAAAAC3g/flCw2DVq2XksvnS_76ps2_9BUketSchKACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20201009_115628.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">Ήταν ένα όμορφο
ζευγάρι. Ήθελαν να κάνουν οικογένεια ίσως και παιδιά κάποια στιγμή. Γι’ αυτό
αγόρασαν σπίτι μαζί. Χρεώθηκαν αλλά ήταν όμορφα. Το δικό τους σπίτι…. Όλοι έβαλαν
ένα χεράκι να τους βοηθήσουν με τις εργασίες στο σπίτι. Μπάνιο, πλακάκια, ηλεκτρικά…
Ο πεθερός, τα ξαδέρφια, οι φίλοι… Το αγόρι χρειάστηκε να πάει να τακτοποιήσει
μία οικονομική εκκρεμότητα. Στο δρόμο βρήκε το φίλο του, ασυναίσθητα έκαναν
χειραψία. Πήγαν να πιουν ένα καφέ μαζί, είχαν καιρό να τα πουν. Ο καφές έγινε
τσίπουρο κι έτσι λίγο ζαλισμένοι έκαναν χειραψία και φιλήθηκαν σταυρωτά. Έτσι ασυναίσθητα.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Στο δρόμο για το σπίτι συνειδητοποίησε
τι έκανε. Να της το πει; Να μην της το πει; Γύρισε στο σπίτι και έπλυνε τα
χέρια του πολύ καλά. Μα τα μαγούλα του εκαιγαν. Τι είχε κάνει, του ήταν
αδιανόητο. Η σχέση τους ήταν βασισμένη στην ειλικρίνεια, μα πραγματικά δεν ήθελε
να της το πει… σαν να είχε ερωμένη, έτσι ένιωθε. Το μεσημέρι έφαγαν παρέα. Δεν ήταν
καλά. Οι ώρες της μέρας πέρναγαν πολύ αργά.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Έπρεπε να της το πει. Το βράδυ ξάπλωσαν να κοιμηθούν. Με ένα κόμπο στο λαιμό,
με μισά λόγια της το είπε. Βρήκε το φίλο του. Έκαναν μία χειραψία. Φιλήθηκαν
σταυρωτά. Την είδε να δακρύζει. Την είδε να σφίγγει τα χείλια της. Το ήξερε ότι
η γυναίκα του έκλαιγε από ένα μείγμα θυμού, στενοχώριας και φόβου. «Θέλεις να
με σκοτώσεις; Το σαββατοκύριακο θα έρθει ο πατέρας μου, θέλεις να τον
σκοτώσεις; Που γυρνά το μυαλό σου; Είναι δυνατόν να μην με υπολογίζεις; Είχα κάνει
όνειρα και τώρα όλα γκρεμίστηκαν; Θεέ μου δεν το πιστεύω ότι μπόρεσες να το κάνεις
αυτό»… Το ήξερε ότι ήταν λάθος του. Το ήξερε πόσο πολύ φοβόταν αυτή η γλυκιά
γυναίκα που είχε στο πλάι του. Κι όμως την έβαλε σε κίνδυνο. Κι αυτήν και την οικογένεια
της. Τίποτα πια δεν θα ήταν όπως πρώτα. Ήταν ένα όμορφο ζευγάρι. Ήταν. Στο παρελθόν.
<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044976832101040197.post-69260672075302517932020-11-11T18:59:00.002+02:002022-11-04T10:14:21.695+02:00απαγορεύεται<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UGi-x0SGiCU/X6wYYMpdWsI/AAAAAAAAC3U/4Llw-peRmH0JiU2UWUZw5iAATOeyKMcQACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201101_155757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UGi-x0SGiCU/X6wYYMpdWsI/AAAAAAAAC3U/4Llw-peRmH0JiU2UWUZw5iAATOeyKMcQACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20201101_155757.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">Όχι, δεν ήθελε να
τον αγγίζει κανείς.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Περπατούσε πάντα με
τα χέρια στις τσέπες και απέφευγε τα βλέμματα. Δεν ήθελε να πέσει σε κάποιον
παλιό διαχυτικό φίλο. Και η σκέψη μόνο ότι κάποιος θα τον άγγιζε ή θα τον
φίλαγε σταυρωτά… τον έπιανε ταχυπαλμία. Ήταν όμορφη αυτή η μέρα που είπαν στην
τηλεόραση ότι απαγορεύεται. Απαγορεύονται οι χειραψίες, απαγορεύονται τα φιλιά,
θα σκοτώσεις τον πατέρα σου και τη μάνα σου, για όνομα του θεού μην αγγίζεις κανέναν!
Δεν άγγιζε κανέναν. Έβγαινε και έβλεπε ότι κανείς δεν τον κοίταζε στα μάτια
πια. Κανείς δεν ήθελε να αγγίζει ούτε αυτόν ούτε κανέναν. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Γύρω του φιγούρες. Άλλαζαν πεζοδρόμιο όταν τον
έβλεπαν να πλησιάζει. Και σε μια στιγμή μέσα του όλα άλλαξαν. Με το μυαλό του «είδε»
την παλιά του συμμαθήτρια να τον βλέπει από μακριά και να έρχεται προς το μέρος
του. Τον αγκάλιασε και τον φίλησε σταυρωτά. Με την τσιριχτή φωνή της τον ρώτησε
τι κάνει, που χάθηκε… Και του κρόταγε και τα δύο χέρια στις ζεστές παλάμες της!
Κι εκείνος δεν άκουγε τίποτα, μόνο ένιωθε. Ένιωθε αυτό το ζεστό άγγιγμα και δάκρυζε.
Δάκρυζε γι’ αυτή τη ζέστη που ταξίδευε κατευθείαν στην κάρδια του, ανέβαινε από
τις παλάμες στα μπράτσα και στους ώμους και στα πνευμόνια και στην καρδιά. Μόνο
που δεν μπορούσε πια να αγγίξει κανέναν. Γιατί απαγορευόταν. Τι κρίμα…. <o:p></o:p></span></p>travellerlinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307349546277125441noreply@blogger.com0