Yusuf Hashim in the Sahara - YH#13

Continuing the Yusuf Hashim saga of spectacular journeys around the globe! Yusuf was in the Sahara where he even found time to celebrate his 69th birthday. Happy Birthday to you once again buddy and may with God's grace you have a safe and enjoyable journey!

The Haiku

Unforgettable!

Adventure in the desert

Not for faint-hearted

Camel back-riding

Quite sore on the rear even 

for short distances

Special trip with a

birthday do thrown in, happy

birthday good buddy!

This is the Modern Day Explorer #13

The Modern Day Explorer #12 (here)

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May 15, 2015

Yusuf Hashim says:

My lunch today .... The Haji Mustafa Roast Lamb at Chez Brahim in Marrakech . .... check out Lonely Planet's testimonials. IMHO the two places for the best roast lamb in the world .... Haji Mustafa is numero uno. The other similar roast lamb was somewhere in the desert between Afghanistan and Pakistan about 200 km north of Zahedan on the Iranian-Pakistan border.

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May18,2015

Yusuf Hashim says:

Tinghir in the Todra Gorge, on the way to the Sahara
The Todra Gorge and the Dades Gorge are fascinating places to visit. In some parts the Todra Gorge is only 4 o5 meters wide with Towering Cliff faces on either side. I will post a few photos when I am home because internet here is very slow

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May 19,2015

Yusuf Hashim says:

Celebrating my birthday at the Kasbah Ben Haddou in the Todra Gorge of the Atlas mountains of Morocco. Life is good. This building was my B and B last night. We have 7 Landcruisers taking us through the mighty Atlas mountains, via the Todra Gorge to the Moroccan Sahara where we'll be camping with the Berbers on the dunes. Looking forward to sleeping in our hotel of a thousand stars

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May 21,2015

Yusuf Hashim says:

Celebrated my birthday and the very next day,we hired a few camels to go and stay with Berber nomads in the dunes of the Sahara in South Eastern Morocco near the border with Algeria     

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May 21,2015

Yusuf Hashim says:

Setting out into the Sahara. Had to wait for the sandstorm to subside a little..

Choen, on the right, out of the frame, in fact are the ruins of a Thousand year old kasbah .... a caravanserai or an ancient rest stop for the traders and their camel trains bringing goods and slaves from Cairo in the East, to Casablanca in the west. The Dunes of Merrzuga lies on a part of the ancient trading route between East and West

                                                                                                      

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May 21,2015

Yusuf Hashim says:

Greetings from the Sahara ... roast lamb with the Berbers tonight in the Dunes... after an hour and a half on a camel. My ass is so sore

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