We had not been enough of sand of Sahara so we decided to go toward small village M’hamid. When we arrived M’hamid the asphalt road was finished. As were waiting for adventure we took off road. Actually when we were driving through sand, rocks and gravel; people in 4x4 cars or on camels were staring at us strangely. We were stopped by locals and they advised us to not go further as the road is difficult for a regular car – it’s a 4x4 land. Some nice people invited us for a cup of tea. After tea we decide to go a little further, to see dunes. Well it was not really a great decision as after one kilometre we got stuck in sand when making a u-turn to gat back. We were so angry and upset. After 5 minutes trying to get out from desert without any results we got help from local boys.
We were trying to move our car in 6 or 7 people and still there were no results. We were passed by many 4x4 cars but almost no one stopped to help us. Tourists were taking photos us and our car in the sand. Finaly one guy stopped and he said: “Oh ok, I can pull you out my friend, you give me some money...” Charlie asked: “How much” and the guy said: “Just 400 dirhams (40 Euro) “. Right... a whole day escapade to the desert with camel and 4x4 normally costs less than 40 Euro per person and that guy offered us the same price for pulling the car in for 2 minutes?!?!?! We politely refused... We still had a problem but two older guys came and finally after few hours we pulled our car out. We wanted to thank those guys for help giving them some money and go but they offered us for a good price for a 1 night stay in a tent including dinner and traditional singing in the evening. We were so tired and those boys were so great and nice, therefore we stayed. In the late afternoon we decided to not give up and simply walk to the nearest dunes for the sunset. Those dunes were not as spectacular as in Erg Chebbi but it was a very nice walk. After admiring the sunset we turned around to head back to the main camp when dusk finally came and... Oh no.. Where did our camp vanish??? Perspective of spending nigh under naked sky on the desert without any sleeping bad or blanket wouldn’t have been nice. We were walking and walking and there was no lights no electricity no evidence of life. We were really scared, but we had a torch with us and roughly knew what way to go and finally someone noticed us and they were flashing from time to time. Unfortunately it wasn’t our camp but those guys led us towards our bivouac and in few minutes we were saved by “our” boys for the second time that day. Before we managed to have a dinner it was that late due to our episode of getting lost in the desert that we could already admire the stars...Oh that was the greatest star lit sky we have ever seen. We quickly ate and boys as they promised would play instruments and sing for us and finally made that a very nice evening.
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