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Gareth
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Morocco Overland August 2010

I'm still sorting the piccies, but HERE are a few.

What a great trip we had.
  
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Post #68376118th Aug 2010 5:08 pm
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Here are a few of mine to start with 8)









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This sequence shows how high some of the dunes are at Erg Chebbi. The 1st photo is of a normal view of the dunes, you might just make out some tiny dots right at the top.

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In the following pics, you will see that the dots were in fact Carl and Andrew S and Alex E who managed to get there Defenders right to the top.

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Not brilliant pics, but they were taken with my cheapo instant camera, pressed onto the lens of my binoculars Laughing
  
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This was taken in the mid afternoon Shocked

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I'm sure it was not actually that high, but it was a particularly hot day and that temp was recorded with the vehicle moving through the dunes near to the Algerian border.
  
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Was it foggy Gareth??? Shocked
   
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Just very dusty. Light were definitly needed to keep tabs on where other vehicles were.
  
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Great photos chaps - looks like a cracking trip - I'm well looking forward to the 'other' trip to North Africa in October Thumbs Up
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Do you mean Tunisia well i am sure you will have fun Whistle
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I'm sure you will have a great time Steve, it is a fantastic place. Savour every moment, even the bad ones. Thumbs Up
  
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Only bad moment last year was when NJF ran out of beer!!! Shocked Shocked
   
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The bad moment for us was getting caught in a full force sand storm. I have always known that a sandstorm is not something to be taken lightly, but I now know you should avoid them if you can, especially if you are camping. The story goes like this:

DG and myself were savouring the night time sky, and wall of silence, sitting on our camp chairs at the top of a sand dune near to our camp. Others were retired to bed, some in sturdy roof tents, others in less sturdy ground tents. The time was midnight.

There was a very distant light, which we knew to be the army checkpoint at the edge of the piste, which we had passed through some hours before (Andrew S can tell tbat story Rolling with laughter ) All of a sudden, the light went out. "Light out a midnight obviously" said DG. I agreed. A slight breeze came across us, and briefly cooled us from the heat, which was still in the high 30's.

Within a minute, the sand storm hit us like a train. The wind instantly whipped up the sand, we could not see a thing. It was all we could do to grab our chairs and fall down the dune. DG even lost his sandals in the process. There was chaos in the camp with people screaming for help as the ground tents rapidly filled with sand, and guy ropes and pegs were torn out. The sand was completely blinding, and all I could do was climb into the tent and shut my eyes. It soon became apparent that this was not the best place to be, as the tent rapidly filled with sand, and Tom in the tent next door was obviously suffering worse as the door zip was ripped out of his tent.

At this point I decided that the best and safest place to be would be in the car. I had packed two pairs of sand goggles, and ran to the car to put them on. I also then realised that Andrew, Ray and others were also struggling to retrieve or stow equipment that was rapidly getting destroyed. I got Wendy and Tom into the car, tied the tents to the car, and we sat there for about 3 hours until the storm blew out.

The morning was spent retrieving kit from all over the place. I'm not sure if DG ever did find his sandals.
  
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And the storm probably did a nice job on your paintwork?
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DG in sandels!!!

Sounds a fun time, hope no lasting damage apart from said footware. Maybe sandstorm was from fashion gods!! Whistle
   
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