Welcome to Merzouga!

Finally we arrived at Merzouga, a small village on the edge of the Sahara Desert. From here , we'd venture into the Erg Chebbi dunes, which are among the largest in Morocco. It had stopped raining, but it was cloudy and there were puddles everywhere. We even had to drive through a flooded street to get to our destination - something that is very commonplace in, say, Costa Rica but would have never thought we'd have to do here.

We were dropped off at what appeared to be a general meeting point for tours into the desert, with several tourist shuttles pulling up and people dropping off their bags, putting on scarves and turbans, and stocking up their water supplies. The air was buzzing with excitement... and heavy with humidity.Read more