More desert, please!

About half way through the Tunisian adventure we drove into the Sahara Desert. The only way I can remember how to spell "dessert" is by saying "dessert has two S's because you always want more," but now I want more of the desert!

We had so much fun in the sand. First we rode camels in Douz - complete with Arabian Knights. My camel's name was Nishu and Erin's was Alibaba - of course. Alibaba sounded like he was bubling toxic waste. It turns out that camels have quite the personalities. Some of them were pretty mean but mine was a sweetheart. Nishu was a baby with a lot of spunk - trotting on a camel is NOT comfortable, but it is fun.

That night we took 4-wheel drive vehicles farther into the desert to spend the night under the stars! We watched the sunset on the sand dunes, danced to traditional Habibi campfire music, ate a simple meal of couscous and soup, and slept in canvas tents. A few days before this, I bought myself a sheep skin to sleep on in the desert so I wouldn't freeze. I was one of the few people who actually slept most of the night.



The next day we went out to our hotel in Tamerza, just two kilometers from the Algerian border. That was the most beautiful place we went, by far.