From Merzouga, camel caravans sway into the Erg Chebbi dunes at golden hour, arriving at a berber camp as the sand turns copper. The adventure is the setting, not the exertion: sunset from a dune crest, tagine by firelight, drums, and a night sky with no competition for hundreds of miles. Sleeping under it, cocooned in blankets against the desert cold, recalibrates something.
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