Surviving the Sahara

I more then survived the Sahara, I totally fell in love with it!

The day after we arrived in Tunis Dairn and I took a 10 hour bus ride to Douz/Juanita's. Since the moment we arrived we have been getting complete Tunisian experiences. The first day we shopped and got outfitted for our trek, then had lunch in a bedouin home, tried out a camel and smoked sheesha.

The next day we headed out for 4 hours in 4x4's to Mt. Timbaine, where we met up with our camels and 2 guides, neither of whom spoke any English.

I will try to add some pictures because it is way to hard to describe 6 days of everything from extreme heat to days of constant sand blowing in your face. Dairn described it like standing in front of a fan while some one is continuously throwing flour in it and then part way through serving you a bowl of soup.

We saw everything from Algerian Bedouins herding their goats to a helicopter landing by the oasis for lunch. One Bedouin even joined us for part of the trek.

Feeling well rested after a night at Juanita's and a scrub in a Hammam. Tonight we go to a Bedouin wedding to watch some camel dancing and then we are renting a car for a few days...