We spent two nights in a large and comfortable tent out in the middle of the desert of Erg Chigaga. We wandered in the sand and road on a camel (oh, all right, dromedary) to admire the gorgeous desert sunset. Just remembering that camel makes us sore again. But the quiet at night - you don't even hear a camel snoring.
1Erg Chigaga Dunes and sand in the air; we were afraid it would be sandy the next day too, but it was not
2Erg Chigaga The sand in the air obscured the sun, reduceing it to a bright, silver orb
3Erg Chigaga Our lodging at the Camp des Dunes, at Iriqi
4Erg Chigaga Besheshed in the dunes
5Erg Chigaga Sand
6Erg Chigaga Camp des Dunes
7Erg Chigaga Siv
8Erg Chigaga John before a sea of sand
9Erg Chigaga Dunes
10Erg Chigaga Sliding down the side of a dune
11Erg Chigaga Camp des Dunes
12Erg Chigaga Camp des Dunes (not our tent); the three tents in a row are the washing tents
13Erg Chigaga The master before the door
14Erg Chigaga Sandy wind again
15Erg Chigaga We got the tent closest (but not too close...) to the toilet tents, the two on the left
16Erg Chigaga Ripples
17Erg Chigaga Sand and tent
18Erg Chigaga Dunes and vegetation
19Erg Chigaga Dunes
20Erg Chigaga Camp des Dunes, what else?
21Erg Chigaga Our camels await us, ever so patiently
22Erg Chigaga Up ya go
23Erg Chigaga Siv on "her" camel
24Erg Chigaga This is what it looks like! Long necks. Actually, camels are nice, patient and gentle beasts -- except when they are not!
25Erg Chigaga Evening dunes
26Erg Chigaga Long shadows from the setting sun
27Erg Chigaga Himself
28Erg Chigaga Our guide stopped to let the camel eat some acacis
29Erg Chigaga What a sky
30Erg Chigaga Setting...
31Erg Chigaga Golden
32Erg Chigaga Nice...
33Erg Chigaga Turning back
34Erg Chigaga A fish cloud
35Erg Chigaga Gorgeous desert sunset
36Erg Chigaga Getting softer...
37Erg Chigaga ...and darker
38Erg Chigaga Next morning, sand and mountains
39Erg Chigaga Saying "goodbye" to Amir, responsable du camp
