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Sahara

Description: The largest and hottest desert on Earth.

Newest Review: ... petting them for a last time before we were given bread and hot sugary coffee. What had seemed a bleak and uninhabited stop off before now felt overwhelmingly busy and noisy after the peace and quiet and the rush to pick up a bus back towards Ouazazarte was daunting. While there is always a strange feeling anywhere away from the modern world, I found the Sahara transcends all that ... more

... self-discovery nonsense by making human life seem insignificant. The Berber way of life has no need for the permanence the Sahara can't provide....more

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***** Following the Berber into the Sahara. Our Experience * ... (1546 words)
by - written on 07/03/09 (Very useful, 124 readings)
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It was late afternoon when Best Friend and I passed through Rimini in North Africa. The heat on the bus was sweltering and as our driver turned off the trailing gritty road into the desert, the sun was low in the sky. The beginning of the desert at the Berber village of Merzouga is not an easy translation from earth to sand; the rockiness and the bumps sent luggage flying all over the bus and the Australian couple next to us were flung high enough to hit the ceiling. We clung on, peering through the windows at the white stone markers which guided us. With no marked roads and no landmarks, these were the only thing preventing us being lost in the flat plain ... Read the complete review