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An amazing experience which calmed the soul and cleared the head....just what the doctor ordered!! Fabulous landscapes, great food (even as a veggie!), brilliant company and fantastic hosts...didn't want it to end (although was mighty glad to see a shower!!)
What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
Laying on my back in the sand, by a roaring camp fire, snug in my bedouin cape (buy one in Douz...great for beating the desert night chill!!), staring up at an endless endless carpet of stars, having just consumed some yummy Tunisian wine and special suprise cake!! My best new year's eve EVER!!
What did you think of your group leader?
Good fun, knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and very supportive. Fab!
Do you have any advice for potential travellers?
Take some marshmallows to toast on the fire, and don't forget your waterproofs....yes it really does rain in the desert!
Is there anything else you would like to add?
I can't recommend this holiday enough....great value for money, brilliant fun and a great way to blow away any cobwebs. The walking is just the right pace and just the right duration (and the odd biscuit break helps immensely!)...all my friends have commented how relaxed & well I look since I got back and how amazing my photos are...book it now!
Stuart Husband
Desert Storm
Written
What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
The sheer emptiness of the landscape and the colours and the silence and the sky becoming mad with stars at night.
Mohamed was very friendly, but some of the group occasionally found his pace a little merciless, and there was a lack of breaktime treats - just a few sweets, or sweeteners of some kind, would have meant a lot in the middle of a scorching route-march, or, indeed, at the end of a long day's trekking.
Do you have any advice for potential travellers?
Take a plentiful supply of sugary chews or tracker bars for those blood sugar-plunging moments. And a comfortable pair of walking sandals would probably serve you better in the desert than a pair of clunky walking boots.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
It was probably a little tougher walking than I expected - for sheer heat & duration rather than particularly challenging terrain. But running up and down the dunes was great fun, and it was, overall, a truly elemental experience.
Excellent - every morning we had a "lesson" from him while the other guys packed up the camp and loaded the camels. The lessons covered all sorts of things like the geography, politics and history of the area, Islam and one day we all learnt how to write our names in Arabic.
Do you have any advice for potential travellers?
Be prepared for the weather. We arrived in torrential rain and a hailstorm. The walking is pretty flat and is relatively easy. The challenge is really dealing with the sudden drop in temperature when the sun goes down in the evening and the sudden rise when it comes up again in the morning.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
If you are a strict vegetarian or vegan this trip may not be for you. I am a non meat eater as was someone else on the trip and for the first two days (until the meat ran out) our meals clearly came from the same pot as a meat stew/tagine/couscous but without the actual lumps of meat in it. I can understand the difficulties as there is only really one pot available for the meals and we both decided just to accept the situation and eat it. There was a vegan in the group who had more difficulties. After the first couple of days when there was no meat left every meal was vegetarian as were all the lunches. Other than this issue the food was excellent for a trekking trip, hot and plentiful food at night and refreshing salads at lunchtime.
What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
Emerging from my tent in the early morning. The desert was silent all around, the sun just appearing above the horizon and there was a wonderful, clear, soft light all around - a photographers dream come true.
Reaching the top of the first area of dunes (mid-afternoon on the second full day's walk) Layer after layer of sand dunes as far as the eye could see, in all directions - real "picture book" desert scenery.
Sitting around the fire in the evenings, sharing meals with the camel drivers.
Fantastic - friendly, supportive and helpful. He had a real love of his country and the desert and this came across very well. The "lessons" after breakfast on Tunisian culture, history, language, etc, were fascinating without being "heavy"
Do you have any advice for potential travellers?
Do this trip - you will not regret it.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
This was my first trip with Exodus (February 2007), but definitely not my last - I will be in Morocco on an Exodus trip in October 2007
What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
I had absolutely no idea what to expect. I spend most of my time working with paths, people and vegetation, so I liked the idea of going somewhere where there weren't too many of any of these, and I loved it. Wide skies, sunsets, so much life in an arid environment. Oh, and camels are just brilliant!
Mohammed was great. His early morning lesson sessions drawn in the sand were fascinating - and the bottle of bubbly and cake in the desert on Hogmanay were a lovely touch.
Do you have any advice for potential travellers?
Camel wool blankets may smell awful, but they protect you from cold and condensation at night in a way that fleece and down can't!
The desert is much easier to walk on than you might think.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
I just loved the food. From fresh salads rustled up in the desert for lunch - with cool tomatoes that really tasted like tomatoes should, to the 'interesting' stews that we ate in the dark around the camp fire with freshly baked Sahara bread, it was all good - and the use of the cooking utensils as musical instruments by our 'chameliers' after the meal was welcome and entertaining.
A great holiday - and good company too. Everyone got on really well.
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