Dream Trip 2008: April

Great Travel Moment

The outward turn of the neck, the far reaching gaze, the folds enveloping scarf, sand, and skin; the orange hue of the infinite stretch of the Erg Chebbi Dunes set aglow by the blue and lavender draping fabric worn by he who knows these sands. Perched high on camel caught in the glow of sunset I met the gaze of my guide for this photo. Driving along the winding road from Marrakesh through the High Atlas mountains in a mini van, our driver hummed along with the oud, darbouka, rabab, and taarija that played on his cassette. The soundtrack brought life to the adobe structures that speckle the valleys stretching out 14,000ft below. The contrast created upon emerging from the green winding life of the Atlas onto the dry straight road leading to the Erg Chebbi dunes was the first hint at the powerful experience that was to come.