The provided us with bread and cups of tea, and we gave the children packaged chocolate and some pencils. The little kids were having heaps of fun, and even had a kick of the soccer ball with us.
After that Youssef took us to a place where there was heaps of fossils in a layer of hard bedrock. We had not much luck getting the fossils out as we didn’t have a hammer. You could see lots of sea creatures and plants.
That night we were given our camels and headed off into the desert. I have to say that riding a camel in middle age is a lot harder than in your 20’s. The hour ride seemed to take ages, but once we got to our camp we dropped out gear and went to the nearest tall sand dune with the sand boards. The kids all took turns having a board down the dune. Sometimes with more success than others. Not bones were broken, but there was a lot of sand collected - in ears, noses, pants ...
After a delicious tangine of chicken and vegetables, we sat around the camp fire while the Moroccans entertained us with singing and percussion instruments. Addison even had a go on the drums and did really well. The Moroccans were so keen to teach us how to play.
After dinner we rugged ourselves up and headed back into the dunes. After a day of 22oC , the evening was only about 6oC. We were lucky to be in the desert without the light pollution on the night that the Geminid meteor shower was due.it is the same time every year. We got to see lots of “falling stars” - about one every two minutes. Sometimes more often.
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