From Marrakech to Erg Chebbi and back to Marrakech

It was not so good weather in beginning of my trip this time but even then at the end also. Only in Erg Chebbi it was warm and sunny.
First I have traveled by bus to Ouarzazate over Tizi n'Tichka of course. Nice scenery over the Atlas, but cold.

Even in Ouarzazate it was not so very warm. And then on the way it began the rain and it came also surprise. Already the second time I ran into flooding, but this time it was not so big and bad as last time in 2006 when I stranded completely overnight somewhere between Skoura and Kalaat M'Gouna.

The whole way almost were water overall over the road and first when we approached us Rissani it began to take finish with water over roads and bad weather, the sun came out from the clouds and shined on us again.

I love Erg Chebbi, it is very nice there everywhere and I only not understand why most of tourists are only doing camel trek inside sand dune and next morning they leave and continue on instead to stay a couple of days and explore a little more the whole area. So much to do, to see, to enjoy and they only rush on.

I did the trip by 4x4 around Erg Chebbi, it took the whole day and it was fantastic day. We started by mineral mines in M'Fis which was very interesting to see how they work there. Quite dangerous it was.

Then we continued via one old now destroyed Kasbah, it could be nice once  upon a time, now it was only remains there of course.

And the trip continued through the vast empty desert, sometimes we saw some animals like sheep and goats. On the horizon there it was Algeria, about maybe 20 km far away from us. And, for the second time in my life I saw Fata Morgana again. On the picture it is not water, sure, it is Fata Morgana! And behind Algeria.

We took also pause and visited one Nomad family, but it is not any more authentic Nomad family, but as I got to know, so for many years ago, theirs family was a properly Nomads. The house is still from the time then even if they need to repair it time to time of course.

Inevitable camels understand was everywhere and also, we have seen the rest of the aircraft that was used to filming in Erg Chebbi about Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Towards Taouz there are remains of one old and now abandoned French village. Unfortunately I have not many pictures from there, but it was wonderful view over the landscape.

After days in Erg Chebbi it was time to go back to Marrakech and home again. Admittedly, I made a detour on the way back, but about it will be writen in the next section. Now I want to show a few pictures from the road to Marrakech and the bad weather that I had again.

But in Marrakech I was lucky and the weather was nice to me my last days there. ☺