Intrepid Journeys - Morocco (Dave Dobbyn)

The silence of the Sahara is a gorgeous song and a soothing ambience against the bum grinding dance of my camel. Eight hours on a dromedary is enough to destroy the toughest glutes and it does mine. My trousers barely recognise my two bottoms next morning, though it prepares me well for my upcoming mule trek.

– Dave Dobbyn reflects on a camel ride in the Sahara in his travel diary

Life comes at you all the time and you participate in a way that you never would at home.

– Dave Dobbyn at the Medina, Fez

My head is open and full of new horizons; the vastness of the desert and the spectacle of the mountains and oases informing an inner landscape of possibilities; the grace of ordinary life here and the open charm of its people; the wealth of experience to be had in such a short time.

– Dave Dobbyn, in the closing entry of his Morrocan travel diary