Back on the camels - and not any more comfortable than yesterday. Again the hour walk was painful on my bottom - not like sitting in a saddle. I was not sure what went wrong but I was really glad to get off my camel. The kids seemed to find it more comfortable than Peter and I did.
A delicious breakfast and we were back in the car for our dive to tonight’s accommodation in Agoulzi. We passed some spectacular arid scenery and marvelled that so many people are able to survive when there is little water or plants around. They are all so happy, sociable and hard working. Everywhere we go we see people sitting around talking - sometimes in the middle of a paddock or a road that is in the middle of nowhere. Often they are shepherding their animals from one feeding place to another. There is no welfare so they work from when they are young to when they die. These people walk everywhere as they are too poor to afford cars, bikes or even a donkey (about $100). Camels are very expensive at about $2000 for a baby so not many people can afford one.
Our accommodation for the night is beside a lovely river (Assif n im Goun) in a French built kasbah. looking forward to a great nights sleep.
We travelled through the Dades Valley today which was stunning - the wind ripped through there so fast and were quite cold. The photos do not show how steep they are and they have only been carved over time by a single river.
Tonight we stay at a place at foothills of the Atlas Mountains, right next to a lovely stream. The walls are Adobe with poplar wood and reed ceilings. It was nice to be able to sit around a wood fir tonight, especially with the cooler weather.
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