Author: Marion Morgan

It took us eight hours to drive the 265 miles north, past Agadir, to the coastal resort of Essaouira (sounds a bit like Essa-wearer).…

The weather was warm but with a strong south westerly wind.  We walked along the beach to the port two miles away, the wind…

We left Marrakech on Sunday morning having said goodbye to our fellow travellers and our Desert Detours tour guides Ray, Steve and Hamid.  We…

We stayed a couple of days in the city, we visited the bizarre Government Shop that sold carpets, ornate furniture, brassware, huge carved animals…

Ouarzazate was a more westernised town as there were a couple of film studios nearby, the mountains making a good backdrop for film locations.…

After waving goodbye to the children we drove west for several hours through landscapes of dusty shale, grazed by the occasional flock of sheep…

Ben - Whenever we commented to Ben (our guide, local shopkeeper, laundryman etc etc etc) about anything not working properly, or someone not turning…

Two hour's drive brought us back to the water source that feeds a long, fertile valley stretching many miles.  We were visiting Meski to…

We spent the day relaxing in the sun (24 degrees), flying our kites on the dunes and exploring the area around the camp. Some…

This was the most exciting part of our journey because we were going to spend three days wild camping in the Sahara Desert. We…