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Sahara: Sandstorm
Visiting the Grand Erg in spring (or Easter) has its pros and cons: Conveniently, the temperature ranges between 14 and 28 degrees (well below the 40 ° C that can reach there in summer), but the drawback is the sandstorms, which at this time are very common because of the incessant wind. The sand is so fine that it gets you everywhere, and throughout the duration of the journey through the dunes, we were literally eating sand, despite going with sunglasses and an outfit typically Bedouin robe and turban that covered head, nose and mouth (and these were not even big storms ... But you can get an idea of how the wind blew the sound of the video).
Of course, if you wear contact lenses you can not take them there, and it should also protect forrándola camera with plastic wrap to prevent grit from entering the lens or internal parts of the camera. Getting to Douz wasn't too bad. As we approached it, we saw a sand storm coming on the horizon, but we managed to avoid it. Many things though, are worth the inconvenience of the sandstorms: the allure of the desert, the cool dunes that are sculpted by wind and so keep changing shape and position, and the overall fascination of the such an inhospitable landscape makes it all worthwhile.
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