more morocco posts from london

tues sept 28 - long drive with a stop at a hotel for a moroccan pizza. meat & other stuff baked into a pizza shape. tasty. talking to young man there who said itgot to 45 - 50 degrees in summer. continued driving and entered beginning of Sahara desert. hard flat black gravelly area such as most of the Sahara is I understand. got to a hotel where we are to meet camels and were early and had time for a swim. wonderful and incredible. after swimming and lazing about got ready for the camels. camels came and we got on and rode them out on to the orange coloured dunes. camels on the flat and uphill aren't too bad to ride but going downhill is not so good. If I rode them much I would develop calluses in some new and interesting places. rode them out to a desert campsite about an 1 1/2 hour out. getting off was interesting. met an interesting couple from london who recommended a play in london called Warhorse. & 3 women from Australia. had a good dinner. after dark wandered away from the lights of the campsite for a piss. weird towander into the dark and see a group of camels resting there. defintely not what |I am used to. stars and milky way were incredable. lie outside watching the stars until i fell asleep. there was a young nomad girl from the nearby nomad camp selling some crafts. a hard bargainer. we ride back to the hotel and after breakfast take of. stop at a well exhibit where they try to sell us stuff we don't want for too much. stop at a fossil/mineral shop where they show us the process. lots of beuatiful stuff but we don't buy much. stop for lunch at the museum of the oases. good lunch and I enjoyed the museum. tried to buy the dvd of the exhibits but they are out. on to tinehir to stay at the Tomboktou hotel and access the internet next door. Manage to print off my Ryanair Boarding Pass which is good. can't access my email. oh well. On to Marrakech.