Desert Crossings... (Morocco) (page 2 of 3)

Hi kola,

I read at the start of your story that you were alone with 1 guide or 2 guides... Anyway, I’d like to go trekking in 2009 for about a year around the world and cross several deserts, ideally with the same guide for the whole trip. Can you give me some tips on how to find local guides who might know other local guides, etc.? And what approximate price (for the guide) did you pay for those 8/10 days?

Thanks!

Loved reading your post!!! Thanks a million!!! 🙂

Hey Kola,

I haven’t read your whole travel journal yet, but thanks for this adventure!!

hi kola

I read your travel journal from southern Morocco—it’s so spiritual!

I’m heading back to Morocco this winter; it’s been 30 years already. I’ll be based in Marrakech and plan to do a short camel trek toward Mamid, also via Ouarzazate. Could you tell me which agency you used for this trek and their contact details? Thanks for your help! michel

Hi Michel...

Thanks for your comment... 🙂

I did this trek with "La Fibule du Draa", contacted through their website—here are the details: http://www.zagora-desert.com/index.htm

Don’t hesitate to ask them anything if none of the excursions listed match what you’re looking for... http://www.zagora-desert.com/excursions.htm

kola thanks again for these tips michel

Hi there,

I still regularly recommend "La Fibule du Draa"!

Everyone’s happy with it! Nice hotel, and the excursion organization is top-notch with fair prices.

And I think it’s *the* effective way to escape the aggressive touts multiplying from Zagora to Mhamid, who are starting to discourage any attempt at independent travel.

Yes, such a beautiful text— so much sensitivity, poetry, but also authenticity and emotion in your words.

A journey close to the heart...

Hi Kola, my name’s Sabine—I just got back from Morocco! I think your travel journal is really awesome—I took almost the same photos as you! Were you in the Middle Atlas? Last year I was in southern Tunisia: it’s gorgeous too! This year I visited Essaouira: a little fishing port where the Gnawa festival is held. I brought back a Berber guitar, and the charming vendor gave me the "Gwana 2008" CD—so nice!

Anyway, BRAVO again for your journal! Beautiful exploration of this amazing country! And the people there—they’re so kind! You know, I’m thinking (I’d love!) to go work there. I’m a nurse and I’d love to make my dream of working and living there come true! Insh’Allah! Maybe see you soon 😊 I live in Ardèche if you’d like tips about the region... Alright, ciao! SL

Beautiful post! Thank you! I really love the restraint in your words and the poetry, the emotion that comes through. The subtext and the back-and-forth between travel—especially the desert—life, and relationships with others really resonates with me. It’s clear that it’s in experiences like these that what truly matters becomes undeniable! Looking forward to reading more from you.

Thanks for your perspective...

(Did you notice that the yellow flower in your avatar has a little sister growing right in the middle of the desert?)

No, I hadn’t noticed! Thanks for pointing that out... It just goes to show, together we see more than alone.

That avatar is me!

Safe travels, and hope to read or chat with you soon.

PS: Did you notice how the yellow of our flowers reflects in the shimmering fields and the glow of the fire in the heart of your avatar?

A thousand thanks for this amazing and insightful travel journal! It really makes me want to go see for myself. Safe travels! !

Thanks for this amazing travel journal—it’s making me want to go walk in the desert too! I’d always thought about doing something like this in a group, with Terres d’Aventure or something similar, but your post is opening up perspectives I’d never considered before...

Lovely story... I was able to illustrate it with some of the photos etched in my mind.¾.

There are real gems in VF’s archives 😛 A throwback to a time when it was a pain to insert photos into a travel journal... I wonder if that kind of journal would still fit in today’s forum.

Thanks for your take 🙂

Carnet whose place in the forum today I wonder about.

Hi there! Of course it does! Because that’s exactly what we expect from a travel journal—feelings and experiences: The story of a trip to Morocco, from the first to the last day, otherwise it wouldn’t have made sense... And especially posted all at once.

There are real gems in VF’s archives 😛 A throwback to a time when it was a pain to insert photos into a travel journal... I wonder if this journal would still fit in today’s forum.

Thanks for your perspective 🙂

Oh yes, it absolutely has its place today! Even without photos or videos—especially without them... Even though I did a "touristy" bivouac, luckily with a small group (4 + 1 guide + 1 camel driver), I experienced that moment in the dunes where there’s no past or future—just the present, with the feeling it imprints itself on you. You captured the indescribable with your words! Thanks to you 🙂

And especially post it all in one go.

Oh, the times! Oh, the customs!

Oh the times, oh the customs!

I think so, but I fell into a gaping cave with a prone Priapus... 😛