Category: Sahara

2016, Algeria Selection, Sahara, Stars

Tea time for the Tuaregs of the algerian sahara desert

Tea

Tea time for the Touaregs of the algerian sahara desert

The preparation of tea is a ritual of extreme refinement among the Tuaregs. Using the same leaves, three consecutive tea are prepared. The flavors of each tea evolve infusion after infusion.
A Tuareg saying says: “The first is bitter like life; the second is sweet like love; and the third is gentle like the breath of death.”.

Read the paper about the Tadrart Rouge, a window to the Sahara and its history

2008, Morocco Paper, Paper, Sahara

Morocco: Erg Chebbi, the Merzouga’s dunes

 
Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎) is one of Morocco’s two Saharan ergs – large seas of dunes formed by wind-blown sand.
This Erg is also knowed as “The Merzougas Dunes” beccause the proximity of Merzouga village.
The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
 

The Merzouga’s dunes

 

Vegetation

 

Detail

 

Sunset over the dunes

 

Walking the dunes

 

Dunes

 

Panoramic view of the dunes

 

Detail