I am on my way into the desert again. After the heaviest rainfall in southern Morocco that people can remember it seems as if the desert is not only green, but as if I will be able to go for swim. The situation will be something absolutely new and I am excited what I will learn out of this trip.
Traveling by foot in Sahara is an act of meditation and focus on the easiness of life. When waking up, you can neither go to the kitchen nor to the next bakery. If you want a coffee you have to make fire first.
When you walk, there is no distraction. Landscape changes only as fast as you walk. That will be about the fastest movement you will see during the whole trip, unless you try to catch a wild donkey, which I tried last time. I tell you. They are way faster than you expect.
All you do in the evenings is stare in the fire or to the stars. And you can tell or listen to stories. Last time we heard the following question one night: How do you put a giraffe into fridge in three steps? Do you have an idea? Write the answer in the comments.
As this trip is relying so much on simplicity I tried to to realize the most simple packing list I ever travelled with. I am carrying the following with me:
- trekking backpack
- runners backpack
- thin mattress
- sleeping bag
- soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant, towel, scissors, razor blades
- sewing kit
- Ducktape
- one pair Chala-Sandals
- one pair of socks
- two undershorts
- two T-shirts
- one short pair of pants
- one long pair of pants
- one longsleeve
- one hoodie
- one hardshelljacked
- one blue tuaregturban
- two buffs
- one short runners tights
- stove
- gasbottle
- multitool
- headlamp
- onepan
- one pot
- one mug
- salt
- spoon
- fork
- water bottle
- drinking bag 10l
- paper tissue
- MacBook Air
- USB Internet Stick
- cellphone
- Gopro Hero
- one writing blog
- one pen
My plan is to fly directly to Tansania after the Saharatour and travel through east Africa for two week. After that I will stay on the Islands of Sansibar for Christmas, New Years and my birthday. I want to live simple, run a lot and find my time for writing. All of that under the African sky and in front of the Indian Ocean. It is a test I will write about…
