We're Clean Again

We felt quite sad saying goodbye to our camels and it felt quite strange to be sitting in our minibus again. Everyone's priority was to get to our hotel where we could de-sand and have a much needed shower, but we had a couple of stops on the way. The first was to see an ancient Koranic library and school and the second was to a potter's co-operative. The trouble was, that with sand in our eyes, it was difficult to see properly, especially in the bright sunlight, which made us squint. We hope the potters didn't think we were being rude, but it was difficult to give them the attention they deserved. We did buy a mini tagine cruet set though to support them.

Our hotel was situated right next to this sign advising we were 52 days away from Timbuktu. We recognised the sign as we'd seen it in the Explore brochure. We thought we'd pose for a photo to mark the significance of this spot on the ancient trading routes between Morocco and the southern Sahara.


Showering, lunch, clothes washing and relaxing in, and by, the hotel's pool occupied the afternoon very pleasantly and then, in the early evening, Khalif took us on a a lovely walk through the local palmeries. It was a lovelty relaxing day.

The next day we were on the move again and had an interesting day with lots of stops as more aspects of this fascinating country were revealed.

We stopped at some waterfalls and were very tempted to join the local children diving from the rocks.


We were quite glad we'd decided to press on, when we got to our next hotel and found that the swimming pool had just been filled. And the water was considerably cleaner than that river water!

Waterfalls were definitely the theme of the day as we found another one while strolling round the town of Tata.


As we were experiencing a bit of a heatwave and temperatures in the high 40s, any water had a great attraction for us and we made the most of any chance to cool our paws. Have you spotted us?

Lots of love, George and Yorkie xxx