Merzouga to Fes

The morning of this day we got to do ATV driving in the desert before leaving the desert. It was a fun experience and I even got to try sand boarding down a dune… I was not great at it as expected and the walk back up the dune was rough to say the least. After we leaded up into cars to get out of the desert and this is where things started to go wrong for the group. The car ride out I was dry heaving out of the window due to the intense driving and air time that we were catching but I survived. We eventually all got to our bus and set off on our 8 hour journey to Fes. We drove about an hour before stopping for coffee and to see a view of the Anti Atlas Mountains. After this we all went down hill and started dropping like flies due to food poisoning, motion sickness, and heat intolerance. One by one we were having to have the driver pull over for us to run outside and relieve ourselves and by the time I started feeling sick I had a window open so I had my fast exit for vomit relief. I painted the bus with my past meal and thankfully did not get any inside or on me. I had to stop 5 times and each time was worse and worse for me and everyone was getting progressively worse. I ended up having to move to the front of the bus with the driver and our guide Medhi who was wiping things off of my face and trying to help us all. We eventually made it to our accommodation after 12 long treacherous hours and all instantly passed out with buckets by our sides. I thankfully got some medicine and rested after drinking some electrolytes and slept away the pain and experience.Read more