Bedouin camp

We had an early start. 0630 for breakfast. It was ok but not as good as the Della Rosa. I had fried egg, bread, some cardboard like cereal, croissant and jam.

We set off at 0730 in four 4x4. Richard, Bonnie, myself and Rob went in one car. We lurched across the sand dunes with the driver playing around a bit - but it wasn’t too scary. Bonnie complained like anything. I think it hurt her arthritis.

We stopped to see the sandgrouse by the watering hole. Again Bonnie was complaining about having to twist around so she asked Richard to get the car turned around and when he did she was cross he had asked for it to be done in her name!

Our next stop was at a Bedouin camp. We saw a few birds and then had tea and peanuts under their big tent. It was amazing how cool that was.

From there we went across the desert, stopping a couple of times to see things in the dunes. One place was very busy with 4x4s crashing around frequently. We picked up another guide and he showed us where the nightjar was hiding in the shrubs.

We came back to the cafe d”or for lunch. Three tagines were placed on the table but we were each charged individually. I would have been happier with it being cheaper as there didn’t seem to be as much as we would have had individually.

At this point Bonnie was getting unpleasant. She wanted to return to the hotel but there were no taxis.

We travelled on and stopped on a high plateau. It was incredibly windy and I managed to tie rob and Richards scarves properly.

One last stop where Ahmed the guide was walking around and around in what I felt were circles. I hung back a bit but in the end went back to the cars where I stood in the shade. I saw plenty there. Bonnie went back in another car after complaining about the air con. She had been offered a seat in the front but refused it.

We got back about 1800. Time to shower, get the desert off and relax a bit. Rob went to the list session and we had dinner after. Nothing different - tuna, salads that didn’t look interesting, stewed veg, couscous, minced beef and some chicken.