Sahara Desert, Ouarzazate

Got up early to watch the sun rise over the Sahara dunes. It wasn’t much of a sunrise but still a magnificent place to wake up to. We left the desert and drove through a bit of a dust storm - that was pretty cool. We stopped on the way at a few places. We visited Atlas Studios and had a wander around the old sets used in some pretty big movies (and lots of smaller ones). Jewel of the Nile was the first movie to use this location and filmed a few scenes there. From there we headed to our hotel which included dinner, so that was nice. We didn’t venture out after dinner, just opted to lay in bed relaxing instead.Read more