Sunset, in the desert near the Dades Valley, Morocco
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Moroccan Road Trip
To get to the desert, I went through the desert, and also over a mountain. (Like I said, it’s always about journey.) I went on a tour with Camel Safaries, one of the many tour companies operating out of Marrakech, and over the course of 3 days and 2 nights, we wended our way over the High Atlas Mountains through Tizi n’Tichka Pass, stopped in Ait Benhaddou, drove through the Dades Valley, walked in a bit of Todra (Todgha) Gorge, and sped across the the black sands surrounding the small town of Merzouga, where we mounted up on camels and trekked into the Erg Chebbi part of the Sahara Desert. It was a heckuva road trip.
Tour guide driver Hassan takes a break in the Dades Valley, Morocco
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The road between Ouarzazate and Tinghir, Morocco; February 7, 2017
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Sunset, London, England
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On the road from Merzouga to Marrakech, Morocco; February 9, 2017
Camel Trekking in the Sahara of Morocco
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Desert always means journey. Nomads living in it, tourists traveling across it, refugees escaping through it — the Sahara is wide and the journey often long. We move across its orange-golden dunes with no sense that we will ever reach anything but another dune. Even the small part of it I visited in February, the Erg Chebbi, seemed endless when I was in it. I had traveled by minivan over a two-day span, and then by camel for another hour and a half, and the anticipation and tedium of the long journey had built up, but once I was in the middle of the desert, that all blew away to nothingness.
Erg Chebbi, Sahara Desert, near Merzouga, Morocco
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Sunset, London, England
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London, England; October 25, 2017
Autumn in Morden Hall Park
Morden Hall Park is a good patch of green in what is still very much the city, despite being all the way at the end of the Northern line in south London. Part of the grounds contain the remains of a snuff mill, which the National Trust takes care of, and the eponymous great house is also within the grounds, although not accessible to the public according to signage. They’ve also built up an impressive little wetland area in the western part of the park, bringing in a more diverse array of flora and fauna. A few weekends ago, all I wanted to do was admire the changing colors of the trees under the blue of an autumn sky, and it turned out Morden Hall Park was the perfect place to do just that.
Morden Hall Park
Enjoy a slideshow of the park:
If you find yourself in south London, stop by for a walk in this lovely park!
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London, England; October 21, 2017
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