When we got down to the tent, we immediately left. The reason for this, sand surfing. It's a pretty easy concept, you find the biggest sand dune around and you get on a snowboard and go flying down. Yeah, it was that awesome! So Ravi,
Marica, Andy, Laura and I all ran up the nearest dune as fast as we could, strapped ourselves in and each went soaring down the dunes. It was so much fun, wow. It is a little easier than snowboarding because it is not as slippery but you still go pretty fast and it was so cool! After we took a few turns, Andy and me ran up the nearest dune to one of the highest points in the desert that was close to us. It was pretty tough but i had so much adrenaline going it didn't even matter. When we reached the top, we felt like we were on top of the world. You can see in my picture a little that it was right before the sun completely set and the sky and the whole desert was such a perfect color and light and it honestly was priceless. No words can describe that feeling. Then Ravi,
Marica and Laura came up and we were sitting, then i had the awesome idea of sand boarding down this dune, which was twice as big as the first. I went speeding down, hit something, and flipped, and then rolled down the rest of the hill
haha. The walk back up felt like forever
lol. Then
Marica and Andy went. As we were all having so much fun, we all of a sudden felt a wind. Then sand started blowing everywhere, the rain clouds were coming in and a storm was approaching. Now this, was one of the coolest moments of my life. Hands down. We were in the desert on top of a sand dune, and a mini sandstorm/rainstorm was happening right then and there! We all raised our arms and were shouting and just having the time of our lives. Then we ran down so we all didn't blow away. We went into the tent were they were serving dinner and sat around for a while, it had started pouring rain so we were waiting it out. It stopped, then after a while we decided we should go back outside. Wow, all i could say and think was wow! I looked up at the sky, the storm had blown over, and replacing it was a blanket of stars. Thousands and thousands of stars, even the Milky Way! It was one of the most beautiful sights ever. There were more stars than i had ever seen in my entire life. It was so amazing. We then climbed a dune and all just sat around and lied down and stared at the stars and talked. Then we got called back in for dinner. They served us this amazing salad with rice and tomatoes, and...you guessed it,
Tagines! This was by far the best meal however, it was
sooooo good. After an awesome dinner, one of the funniest things happened. Laura had her computer and began passing it around for us to put our e-mails and names on it to communicate with each other.
Marica, Ravi and I just started laughing so hard, because Ravi had been going by his fake name, and since we all really liked everyone, he decided it was the time to tell them the truth. So he let everyone know that he was lying and his real name was Ravi, and it was just awesome,
soooo funny. After that, the Berbers and
Yousef began playing the drums, to give us some authentic music. It was really cool, and the beats and how fast they moved their hands was pretty awesome. Then we got a chance to try, and it was just a lot of fun. After this one of the Berbers took us up to the dune that we were on with the sandstorm and began telling us about the stars and constellations. He also told us if we walked in a certain direction for 9 hours, we would reach Algeria. It was really cool. Then we stayed up a little longer, went back down and Ravi,
Marica and Me went back up to a part of a dune. That hour, or however long we lied there, was and will be one of my most treasured moments for all my life. Everything was so perfect. I was with two amazing friends...no family, in the middle of the Sahara Desert, under thousands and thousands of stars, and honestly, life could not be any better. We just sat there and talked about all kinds of things, and just enjoyed every second of it. It really was something special and i can't begin to describe how lucky i am to be doing these amazing trips with even more amazing people. After a while it got too cold and we went back down to our tent. Got into bed, and fell asleep. One of the best nights of my life came to an end, and soon, we would be waking up to take a camel ride at sunrise. Wow, It was incredible.
When we got down to the tent, we immediately left. The reason for this, sand surfing. It's a pretty easy concept, you find the biggest sand dune around and you get on a snowboard and go flying down. Yeah, it was that awesome! So Ravi, Marica, Andy, Laura and I all ran up the nearest dune as fast as we could, strapped ourselves in and each went soaring down the dunes. It was so much fun, wow. It is a little easier than snowboarding because it is not as slippery but you still go pretty fast and it was so cool! After we took a few turns, Andy and me ran up the nearest dune to one of the highest points in the desert that was close to us. It was pretty tough but i had so much adrenaline going it didn't even matter. When we reached the top, we felt like we were on top of the world. You can see in my picture a little that it was right before the sun completely set and the sky and the whole desert was such a perfect color and light and it honestly was priceless. No words can describe that feeling. Then Ravi, Marica and Laura came up and we were sitting, then i had the awesome idea of sand boarding down this dune, which was twice as big as the first. I went speeding down, hit something, and flipped, and then rolled down the rest of the hill haha. The walk back up felt like forever lol. Then Marica and Andy went. As we were all having so much fun, we all of a sudden felt a wind. Then sand started blowing everywhere, the rain clouds were coming in and a storm was approaching. Now this, was one of the coolest moments of my life. Hands down. We were in the desert on top of a sand dune, and a mini sandstorm/rainstorm was happening right then and there! We all raised our arms and were shouting and just having the time of our lives. Then we ran down so we all didn't blow away. We went into the tent were they were serving dinner and sat around for a while, it had started pouring rain so we were waiting it out. It stopped, then after a while we decided we should go back outside. Wow, all i could say and think was wow! I looked up at the sky, the storm had blown over, and replacing it was a blanket of stars. Thousands and thousands of stars, even the Milky Way! It was one of the most beautiful sights ever. There were more stars than i had ever seen in my entire life. It was so amazing. We then climbed a dune and all just sat around and lied down and stared at the stars and talked. Then we got called back in for dinner. They served us this amazing salad with rice and tomatoes, and...you guessed it, Tagines! This was by far the best meal however, it was sooooo good. After an awesome dinner, one of the funniest things happened. Laura had her computer and began passing it around for us to put our e-mails and names on it to communicate with each other. Marica, Ravi and I just started laughing so hard, because Ravi had been going by his fake name, and since we all really liked everyone, he decided it was the time to tell them the truth. So he let everyone know that he was lying and his real name was Ravi, and it was just awesome, soooo funny. After that, the Berbers and Yousef began playing the drums, to give us some authentic music. It was really cool, and the beats and how fast they moved their hands was pretty awesome. Then we got a chance to try, and it was just a lot of fun. After this one of the Berbers took us up to the dune that we were on with the sandstorm and began telling us about the stars and constellations. He also told us if we walked in a certain direction for 9 hours, we would reach Algeria. It was really cool. Then we stayed up a little longer, went back down and Ravi, Marica and Me went back up to a part of a dune. That hour, or however long we lied there, was and will be one of my most treasured moments for all my life. Everything was so perfect. I was with two amazing friends...no family, in the middle of the Sahara Desert, under thousands and thousands of stars, and honestly, life could not be any better. We just sat there and talked about all kinds of things, and just enjoyed every second of it. It really was something special and i can't begin to describe how lucky i am to be doing these amazing trips with even more amazing people. After a while it got too cold and we went back down to our tent. Got into bed, and fell asleep. One of the best nights of my life came to an end, and soon, we would be waking up to take a camel ride at sunrise. Wow, It was incredible.
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