Day 6 & 7
Thur 5th & Fri 6th
Morocco
Merzouga to Zagora
Total Distance 255km
Sleeping Bivouac and Hotel
Mileage 67339 & 67460
Car Condition - Good Rear arm has bent back slightly
As before rocky terrain today with dried up riverbeds and small ditches which appear suddenly and some sand today! It was planned that we travel 135km to camp however when we reached the sand all f the cars began getting stuck which meant we did not make as much progress as hoped before sunset so after a drive in the dark we reached a Berber village at about 2am. The organisation had arranged for us to stay there the rest of the night (10 cars stayed here - only 1 made it to camp) and the Berber tribes made us some dinner. At sunrise we set off to complete the track to Zagora, stopping briefly at the initially intended camp for breakfast! We arrived in Zagora at 3pm which gave us time to strip the car a bit to make it a little lighter We went for a look around the town and exchanged our ‘rubbish’ (removed from the car) with a local garage who used ther air compressor to blow the African dust from the cars engine. We had a great time with the guys in the garage and agreed to putting their garages stickers on the car to help with their business!
The Hotel was lovely and a really relaxing (much appreciated) evening was had by all and this was the 1st opportunity I had to get onto the internet to update the blog! In our hotel room we had company, a gecko of some kind, after being reassured it was harmless I was able to get a god nights sleep, in fact it was a bit too good as we nearly overslept!