Let's go Morocco 爱在摩洛哥: Merzouga ( 梅尔祖加 )

Merzouga is a village in the Sahara on the edge of Erg Chebbi, a 50km long and 5km wide system of sand dunes that reach up to 350m high. Most tourists are here to take a camel safari out onto the dunes. The local population is a mix of Arab and Berber and in case you have any concerns over safety, it is a safe and friendly community here.

More info on this page, Morocco Tourist Map and Places

Photo credit: Tan Kim Weng

The Desert

We couldn't survive here long on our own; but the empty, vast spaces are inviting to the mind. Our own lives - and our concerns - are on a tiny scale, by comparison. Local, immediate sorrows are reduced; none of our troubles, disappointments or hopes have very much significance for a time. Everthing that happens to us, or that we do, is of no consequence whatever from the point of view of the boundless desert. We are granted a perspective within which our own concerns are mercifully irrelevant.
- The School of Life

OUR TOURS

Morocco's deep history, and its tremendously rich culture has inspired artisans to endlessly produce superbly beautiful works. In days gone by, this was reflected in the opulent lives of the rich, from architecture to the minute details of everyday life objects.

While enjoying the varied and grandeur of the magnificent Moroccan landscape - from the Atlantic coast to the mountains, medieval cities to the Sahara, a trip to Morocco is only complete with your stay in some of the Riads to enjoy these beautiful and exquisite works left by artisans of the past, a rare and distinctively Moroccan experience.

The tours are designed with the hope that you will enjoy these unique local experiences that Morocco offers.

On Islamic Architecture

" The embodiment of moral life was achieved brilliantly in some of the old works of Islamic architecture. These works excelled in creating multi-layered correspondences so that, for all the richness of detail, the eye and mind would never become bored or exhausted. Zooming in from the harmonised whole, unwrapping the interwoven layers of space, elements, pattern, light and water, the eye can move in small sequenced rebounds from eye to mind and back again. On any 'layer' on which the eye settles, the mind is invited to follow it, into an arena of pleasurable and meaningful experience."

Extract from The Battle for Home by Marwa Al-Sabouni

Arabic Calligrapher Honda Kōichi on his experience of the desert

... The colours you see in the desert are in fact quite rich in their variations, always changing as the light from the sun changes. As dawn nears, a silver light gradually spreads out, eventually becoming a deep ocean blue. When the sun first peeks over the horizon the light changes to a golden yellow - but just a moment later it's completely white. The light then becomes so powerful that you can't make out the contours in the land. When the sun begins to set in the evening, various colours appear again as the sky is tinged a fiery red. A few minutes later everything is pitch black, and the space above the horizon is the star-filled heavens no matter which way you turn. At night you can't hear a single noise; it's so quiet that it almost makes your ears ache. Living in this sort natural world you'll find that gradually all five of your senses are sharpened ...

Full article, http://www.nippon.com/en/people/e00028/

Let's go Morocco 爱在摩洛哥

Merzouga ( 梅尔祖加 )

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