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Well we made it to our first camp which is just a flat area surrounded by dunes, and we managed to get our tents set up - something of a challenge for most of us! We sat and drank mint tea which is part of our staple diet now but not like mint tea at home as it very sweet. It is now dark and we are all lying chatting in the main tent with just a few candles and we can hear nothing other than other berbers chatting in the tent next door.
This morning we travelled from Ouarzazate through the Lower Atlas Mountains to our start point where we met up with the berbers and camels. Today's walk was therefore a bit of a taster but enough to make us realise that the next couple of days are going to be totally exhausting. I suspect that tomorrow we will be a lot quieter than we are tonight!
As I write this the call to prayer has just started in the distance which is an incredible sound and makes this feel very surreal.
I am sure tonight will be interesting, as most of us are definitely out of our comfort zone with no washing facilities, though we do at least have a toilet tent (a tent covering a hole in the ground)!
I suspect it will be an early start tomorrow so that we can get some miles in before it gets too hot.
Someone has just seen a shooting star so we are moving our cushions outside.
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