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     At Asmaa Garden, ( Phone Number : 35774083) we had another wonderful lunch. The eggplant dish was decorated with leaves from the flowers. The chicken tagine was the tastiest we have had so far. It was prepared with onions tomatoes peas raisins and saffron. Before lunch Rachid gave us a short history lesson in front of the map. On the ride back to the hotel we saw several mirages. We passed a donkey cart filled to overflowing with six smiling women making their way slowly along the road. The two of the group had massages to relieve our road weary bodies. |
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The colors and the shadows of the desert as we captured them on our little safari on the camel back
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Carolyn
was up before every one and was befriended by the
camel boys. In the
beautiful light of the early morning sun, she took her
beautiful pictures. we began our second day of desert trekking. We decided the
common denominator of the morning was "I am so happy". We all thought it must have been the tranquility of the desert
evening. 
As
we toured along, we noticed many contrast of the sand dunes against the dark
sand of the desert floor. Six male camels were ambling along the road seemingly
with out a camel driver. Driving
through the monochromic stone desert , two women walking in their
colorful traditional dress certainly called for a photo opportunity.
A baby was wrapped on their back and two little boys running
around with them. We found out that there was a bazaar in Rissani for the coming
holidays. They were going there. They had 10 more miles
to walk. We offered them a ride but they refused. 
Rissani
is a small town which was once on route of great trade roads coming
from the desert and south from Mauritania. Today it is a busy little
city fading out in to the desert as they have not enough water
to keep their oasis living.
