The first day after leaving Dakhla we crossed the Tropic of Cancer where there was a small roadside sign with a few tourists taking…
Dragon Island
The high spot of our stay in Dakhla was a morning’s sail on a 35 foot catamaran run by Sahara Sailing, owned by an…
Western Sahara
We drove south into Western Sahara, a territory that Morocco claimed was theirs but the indigenous Sahrawi people were fighting for their independence -…
Tan-Tan Plage (El Ouatia)
El Ouatia was a major fishing port on the Atlantic coast 10 miles west of the town of Tan-Tan. Each day a man visited…
The Sahara
We were at 2,000 feet above sea level and all around us were rocky plains with mountains in the distance - just 20% of…
Tony’s Muffler
We needed a welding repair on the truck’s stainless steel exhaust muffler. The unwieldy and heavy component was only accessible from under the truck.…
Camping Auberge Palmeraie Amezrou
Himi and his family lived in the village of Amezrou just south the town of of Zagora on the edge of the Sahara. He…
Lalla Mimouna Springs
Zaid Abbou, a Berber, was the creator and custodian of the Lalla Mimouna Springs near his home town of Tinejad. Over the years the…
Date Palms and Cabbages
We stopped overnight at a family-run roadside restaurant in Alnif. It seemed a popular eating place, several bikers called in for a meal as…