Day 45 – Meski (Last day)

As predicted it was a cold night but this morning it soon brightened up.

Later in the morning the others walked up to the village to explore and see what was there. They came across a restaurant where they were created by Ziad as we later learned. They had coffee on his terrace and they provided some excellent views over the adjacent countryside. On their return they were enthused about going back later for dinner and we agreed to join them.

Whilst they were gone Tina and I wandered around the site and we were set upon by a guy who said he worked for Ray. He is the owner or a tour organiser company named Desert Detours who we nearly went with in January 2014. He spoke good english and invited us into his shop where Tina picked out yet another piece of carpet for our loo in the van. On getting it back to the van it turned out to be too small.

Hey Presto …. The guy from yesterday turned up and offered us a carpet just right and wanted to trade. Tina offered him 3 pairs of ladies jeans and eventually a full bottle of Malibu. I have to say I was not pleased but it was her drink she was trading away. It transpires that Ray’s friend was not happy when he learned that he was out done on the carpet deal.

At the appointed hour we wandered up to the restaurant. We were using a room that had already been laid out for us and also one french couple who who camping in his compound. The food was excellent. We had a salad followed by Cabda which was vegetables with minced chicken and topped with beaten egg. Each Cabda was cooked in a Tagine and everyone had a hand made wooden scoop to use to obtain their share. For dessert he produced a bowl of fruit.  Coffee followed the meal.

After we ate he and his friends / relatives entertained us with some drum music and some laughter. It was a really enjoyable evening. I promised that we would attempt to get him an entry on the Dutch Camping Club app. It was arranged that we would return in the morning for breakfast to get the required information.

During the meal Tina took a liking to a carpet hanging on the wall. Of course this was going to go on our lounge floor alongside the previous ones we have purchased no doubt. Ziad will discuss with us the price in the morning.

It was cold walking back to the van but we were soon under the duvet and looking forward to the morning when we will return for breakfast and the trip further north…