Monday, July 25, 2011

Have a rest at our Riad













Outside of our Riad (A local house turned into a hotel) is very busy and noisy. But inside is nice and quiet and cool. The house is beautifully decorated with Arabic style furnitures. The host is very nice and helpful too. We enjoyed our staying there.




























































































































Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Riding camels in Sahara




























It was a long trip! We went through Quarzazate to Merzouga till the dunes of Sahara! What a different and wonderful experience!


We had to spend a night in a tent in the middle of the desert and slept with snakes, scorpions and ants!:-)


From a little town, we started our trip on camels. We were laughing and chatting at the beginning. However, suddenly, we were caught in a terrible sand storm. I had to close my eyes even I had my sun glasses. The sky turned dark, wind with sands whipped our bodys and it hurt so much! We were so terrified!


Our mouths, noses and ears were full of sands when we arrived to our tents! We were exhausted and we managed to get a little bit water to clean up. Then,we ate Couscous under the staring sky, and danced with African drum...


The next morning, we ride camels again, our legs were hurting but the weather was much better!



















































































































From Marrakesh to Atlas mountains









































































We found a tour group with young Europeans and Americans. For two days, we were driving on the Atlas mountains, visiting Berber villages, eating a lot of couscous, and listening to tons of Arabic songs.

with scarves rapped on our heads, we turned ourselves into local Moroccans. :)





































































































































































































































Amsterdam






Our first step in Europe this time, after 9 hours' flight. We were pretty excited and crazy! Dancing all the way on the street! The sky was so blue and we said hello to every one we met!