Day 3 - in and around Zagora

After the long day yesterday, it was a relief to know that we were not moving to another place for tonight, and thus there was no need to get up for an early start. But this didn't stop some of us getting up before dawn to be driven in one of the 4x4s most of the way up Jebel Zagora, the local mountain, to see the dawn, and then to walk back to the town (about 2 miles) for breakfast! After that, there was a most interesting guided walk through the palmery and on to the old town - full of people, very few cars, lots of children, and a visit to a silversmith. There was a bit of free time in the afternoon, and then we drove out to the edge of the true desert for a camel ride. Camels are supposed to be desperately uncomfortable, though most of us found it quite OK for an hour - we had special saddles with a stout iron bar to hang on to if necessary. My camel was young and not at all keen on having a heavy load, so had a few fits of "air turbulance" when the iron bar turned out quite useful .

The first light of dawn - if you look hard!	Start of the walk back - the lights of Zagora
Relics of ancient fortifications	plus a very thorny acacia
The thorns	Palmery showing signs of the drought
Getting back to civilisation - and a convenient reminder that we are around 30. deg North	A camel park
Zagora is bottom right, and the camel ride is the dotted line to the south-east of it.
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