On a side note, we were supposed to have gone on the overnight camel trek with quite a few of the others but this stomach bug has taken a vicious hold and we would not have been able to cope. Almost everyone has been affected to different degrees and it has been the main talking point all day. Fortunately, everyone is treating it with a sense of humour and there have been a lot of laughs. A desert site for three days with no water other than that we can carry, and no sanitary facilities other than those on board, is not the best place to be afflicted in this way. The only saving grace is that there is an auberge just over the dunes, and we can go in and have a drink and use the loos [not that that helps at 5.00am when you've got the gripes] but it’s useful in the day time.... yeah, I know, "wilderness camping" and we have a hotel next door!
Ray’s wife Debbie is on the case and has organised for a Landrover to go into the nearest town for anti-biotics. The team have been great at keeping an eye on us all.
Update: Have been on specially targeted anti-biotics for three days now and feeling much better and so, I think, is everybody else.. Thank goodness because we are now at Ouarzazate and tomorrow we drive over the High Atlas to Marrakesh via the Tizi n Tichka pass, otherwise known as the "Underpants Pass"!!! David is worried about skidmarks!
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