Our Journey Into Morocco’s Sahara Desert - Fez to Merzouga, Morocco

Look how beautiful this is. Today is very exciting because we are heading into the Sahara Desert today. We've partnered up with Holiday Morocco Tours. They've organized everything for us this weekend. We're so excited. We're heading down to go meet up with our guide. I think it's about a nine hour drive into the desert. This has been like such a bucket list destination for us so we're really really excited. And we're off. We just arrived in little Switzerland. It's so beautiful. It's right up top in the middle of the Atlas Mountains and all the buildings look very European. We're stopping here for a quick break just to go to the bathroom and stretch out our legs. Stop number two. Yeah there's some wild monkeys, some horses and donkeys and all kinds of things happening over here. I just had a quick google search because we wanted to know what kind of apes those were. Apes because no tails. They're a Barbary macaque so the only macaque species that's found outside of Asia and the ones in Asia are aggressive but those guys were very cute and tranquil. So they're the only African primate that survives north of the Sahara Desert. Time for lunch. I've taken like three naps so far in the car. Wake up, look out, see a camel, fall back asleep. Very delicious quick stop. Now back on the road. I hope we're over halfway. We'll see. Beautiful landscape though. We just made a quick stop here. This is pretty sweet. This guy has an espresso machine in the back of his car so we're getting a couple espresso shots. Thank you. And it overlooks this beautiful village and this valley. It's just so beautiful. All the houses in the village are actually made out of clay. Perfect little pick-me-up. How's it look? Good look? Good. Yeah that color is really cute on you. There we go. I have it on now. I have to buy it. We just made another quick stop overlooking this beautiful valley. We have a green oasis. There are over three million palm trees in this area. The people that live here, they depend on this valley. And each family has a little park now. We have switched vehicles. We have switched guides. We are heading from the town of Merzouga into the desert. Supposed to be a bumpy ride so buckle up. Buttercups. Wow we made it. That was a thrilling ride. We just dropped off all of our luggage really really quickly and we're going to rush up to the top of the dunes and see sunset. Wow look how beautiful this is. What an amazing start right? I know. First sunset did not disappoint. How lucky is this with clouds and everything so all the colors are coming out. This is so perfect timing. We had a fun photo shoot where I got sand in my eyes and my teeth and my hair. We'll put those pictures up now. It's pretty funny. Okay we have just arrived to our tent in the Sahara desert. Look how massive this place is you guys. And I was a bit surprised. Look how plush this bed looks in the middle of the desert. It reminds me of like a circus tent too. I know the colors are very vibrant which I love. The boss. Thank you. I was the boss first. We just had our welcome tea and apparently they told us to put on these numbers but I'm not sure if my parents are tricking us or not because they're like oh yeah put them on for dinner and they said you have to put them on for dinner but I feel like they're lying to us but I'm gonna put them on anyway and just be the only one wearing it. You look like a wizard. You look like a witch. Yeah a wizard. I'll take a wizard. It's too hot. No come on. Tommy I'm dying. I'm dying babe. I'm glad I wore the robe. Oh she put it back on people. I put it back on because I didn't want to be a poor sport. Are we ready for this? Is this an initiation? It is. I like it. First course soup. Some soup. Yummy. Just spicing things up with some Berber homemade hot sauce. Look how she pours her wine. It's just so I don't spill. Yeah. I'd rather have a good grip. One for my homies. One for my homies. To the Sahara. Sahara. Wait we didn't clink. Cheers. Second course. It's a fruit salad and a veggie salad. Tomatoes, apples, bananas, and cucumbers. Yes. For our main course we're having beef tagine. We've had tagine a few times already and this is by far the best. The beef is so tender. It has a little hint of cinnamon and cardamom. Delicious. For dessert we have a fruit salad with sprinkles and syrup and I don't have a spoon. Just take it with your mouth. Go. Oh he's bringing me one. I'm so uncooked. That's actually kind of good. That's all.