This morning a group of 41 of us were going to take a camel trek. We thought that it was only going to be a three hour drive, so no one brought anything to do, but the tour company failed to tell us that it would be a 12 hour drive to the camel trek. We drove through the Atlas Mountains, and it was gorgeous. The contrasts to the environment there were very obvious. There would be sections of just mountain or sections where the Berber people live. They had their homes right in the hills of the mountains. There were fields of rice and grass along with tall trees.
When we finally got the camel trek at 7pm, we were ready to go. I rode my camel incorrectly the whole time, because he got up in the middle of me getting on. I was holding onto the handles with one leg on top of the camel while hanging from him. I wasn’t on far enough to pull myself up, so someone had to push me up. My butt is still unhappy from that ride. It was an hour long trek to our camp.
The camp was very nice and had multiple tents for four people. It actually had real beds, and they served us dinner and breakfast. Dinner was soup and bread, potatoes, chicken, and carrots. Desert was the most juicy, flavorful honeydew melon I have ever had. After this we sat by a campfire and listened to the Muslim men there play music on their drums. There was plenty of dancing and singing.
I slept rather well despite the camels groaning all night and the cold. In the morning we had a quick breakfast of bread, butter, and tea and then got going. We took the camels back another hour, and then made the 12 hour drive back. The camel ride was much better when you sat on it correctly, and was rather enjoyable.
The second picture is of a turkey sandwich we had on the way back. It was great!
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