Me & Guide Hassan – Erg Chebbi sunrise
Rose at 4:30 am to head off for sand dunes with our guide Hassan.
My abiding memory of this early morning jaunt is setting off from our hotel in our modest Renault 19 with Daisy at the wheel. Daisy, because I didn’t have the confidence even to attempt driving “off piste” in a Renault 19 before daylight. About five minutes into the tentative journey, Hassan said, with some authority, “if you want to get to Erg Chebbi in time to see the sunrise, you’d better let me drive.” So he did – and so we did see the sunrise.
Watched the sunrise at the large dunes, then went to examine the smaller ones…
…before home for shower and breakfast. Set off in direction of Tinerhir – an unremarkable, Sub-Saharan drive until we reached Todra Gorge…
…drove right into the canyon.
Got to hotel in Tinerhir, to discover the whole town lacked water. After two to three hours of contingency planning we [decided to] stay put – [the] water came on – [we] ate an unexceptional meal.
All the photos from the first part of our journey are on this Flickr album – click here or below:
A placeholder and links for information about this whole trip can be found here and below.
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