{"id":693,"date":"2013-11-04T02:17:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T02:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2013-12-02T02:59:13","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T02:59:13","slug":"erg-chebbi-dunes-morocco-11-4-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/?p=693","title":{"rendered":"Erg Chebbi Dunes, Morocco   11.4.2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our day was fabulous! After breakfast, we headed to Todra Gorge. Our first stop was Tineghir,\u00a0a beautiful village in the palm-lined valley. Todra Gorge was about 30 minutes down the road, where we saw Berbers doing their laundry in the river on the canyon floor.<\/p>\n<p>Our guide Rachid mentioned that we would pass through his hometown on the way to the Sahara.\u00a0When I\u00a0asked if we could see his home and meet his family, he surprised us with lunch! His mom and sisters made us Berber pizza, which was similar to a huge calzone stuffed with chicken (I think), sliced nuts, spices, and vegetables. We had the best time visiting with his family, eating pizza, and drinking tea.<\/p>\n<p>After lunch, we climbed on our camels and rode 2 hours into the Sahara. The ride was fun and exciting for the first five minutes, then it was extremely quiet and scenic and painful! My husband tried to board down the dunes before dinner, but the board just kept sinking in the sand and he ended up sand everywhere! There were four other guests in the tent camp &#8211; a couple from Germany and Spain and a mother and daughter from Andorra. We ate tagine (a Berber stew with meat, vegetables, and lots of spices), bread, and fruit in the dining tent and then sat outside. The Milky Way was so bright and I wished on a shooting star.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_696\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC001931.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-696\" class=\" wp-image-696 \" alt=\"Tineghir\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC001931-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC001931-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC001931-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tineghir<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_697\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC001981.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-697\" class=\" wp-image-697 \" alt=\"Tineghir\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC001981-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC001981-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC001981-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tineghir<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_699\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699\" class=\" wp-image-699 \" alt=\"Laundry day\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002081-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002081-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002081-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laundry day<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_698\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002091-e1385951536730.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-698\" class=\" wp-image-698 \" alt=\"Todra Gorge\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002091-e1385951536730-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002091-e1385951536730-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002091-e1385951536730-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Todra Gorge<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_702\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002261.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-702\" class=\" wp-image-702 \" alt=\"Our caravan into the desert\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002261-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002261-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002261-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our caravan into the desert<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_703\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002271.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703\" class=\" wp-image-703 \" alt=\"Erg Chebbi Dunes in the Sahara\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002271-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002271-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002271-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erg Chebbi Dunes in the Sahara<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_706\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-706\" class=\" wp-image-706 \" alt=\"Tent camp in the Erg Chebbi Dunes in the Sahara\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002451-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002451-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC002451-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tent camp in the Erg Chebbi Dunes in the Sahara<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our day was fabulous! After breakfast, we headed to Todra Gorge. Our first stop was Tineghir,\u00a0a beautiful village in the palm-lined valley. Todra Gorge was about 30 minutes down the road, where we saw Berbers doing their laundry in the river on the canyon floor. 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