This is one of hundreds of villages that we through. I love all these tiny mud-brick villages!
We drove through the biggest mountain chain in the country. The roads are very narrow and curvey...and you have to watch out for falling rocks!
This is one of the really old Kasbahs down south. These mud-brick homes are over a hundred years old!
More Berber villages. I was so impressed by the construction techniques. The Berbers would build enormous structures on top of hilltops using only mud and straw. Many of these homes have been here for centuries and people still live in them today!
Berber ladies sell their rugs and scarves on the side of the road. The people here are known for their love of color...can you tell??
Sunset over a Berber village
Hi Mom!
We spent the first night in this amazing gorge. This is the view from my room just after sunset
I live in a huge city with millions of people so I get really really really excited when I get to see stars. This picture was attempt #12 :)
New Mexican landscape, African landscape: Kif Kif (same same)
A little bit of water goes a long way in the desert. This is the last real oasis before you get to the dunes of the Sahara
Another fun road sign "Don't fall off the road"
Sunset camel ride into the dunes
I took A LOT of pictures of the sand as we rode out. Here are a few of them
This is my camel Henri (Henry)
Our Berber guide playing drums after dinner.
The stars over the dunes with the shadow of our tents. 
Our tents, the dunes and the stars
Our tent
Pre-dawn ride out of the sand
More sand pics (and no, the guy with the camels was NOT photoshopped)
We all got off the camels and climbed a small dune to watch the sun rise over the Sahara
Yes, it was that cold in the desert!
Hi Mom!
Our guide did not approve of my wearing of the Berber scarf like a scarf. So he tied it on my head like a Berber :) 
Our guide
This is Floyd. He is the camel I rode out of the desert. I think he was the sweetest camel in the herd!
African sunrise!
These are dead wells. There are thousands of them lining the desert. When one would go dry, the people here would dig another one about 20 feet down stream. We saw three or four that still had water but the vast majority of them were like this one: just really deep holes in the ground with absolutely no water.
More Berber villages. I was so impressed by the construction techniques. The Berbers would build enormous structures on top of hilltops using only mud and straw. Many of these homes have been here for centuries and people still live in them today!
Berber ladies sell their rugs and scarves on the side of the road. The people here are known for their love of color...can you tell??
Sunset over a Berber village
Hi Mom!
We spent the first night in this amazing gorge. This is the view from my room just after sunset
I live in a huge city with millions of people so I get really really really excited when I get to see stars. This picture was attempt #12 :)
New Mexican landscape, African landscape: Kif Kif (same same)
A little bit of water goes a long way in the desert. This is the last real oasis before you get to the dunes of the Sahara
Another fun road sign "Don't fall off the road"
Sunset camel ride into the dunes
I took A LOT of pictures of the sand as we rode out. Here are a few of them
This is my camel Henri (Henry)
Our Berber guide playing drums after dinner.
The stars over the dunes with the shadow of our tents. 
Our tents, the dunes and the starsOur tent
Pre-dawn ride out of the sand
More sand pics (and no, the guy with the camels was NOT photoshopped)
We all got off the camels and climbed a small dune to watch the sun rise over the Sahara
Yes, it was that cold in the desert!
Hi Mom!
Our guide did not approve of my wearing of the Berber scarf like a scarf. So he tied it on my head like a Berber :) 
Our guide
This is Floyd. He is the camel I rode out of the desert. I think he was the sweetest camel in the herd!
African sunrise!
These are dead wells. There are thousands of them lining the desert. When one would go dry, the people here would dig another one about 20 feet down stream. We saw three or four that still had water but the vast majority of them were like this one: just really deep holes in the ground with absolutely no water.
