The site we are on is a small one, mostly made up of German campers. There are two serious, overland vehicles here, the Austrian one has come here via Mongolia!!
I had been disappointed that we hadn't got further into the Sahara, until the German overlanders tell us that they have retreated from there because the weather is too bad! Well, if it's too much them it would be a test too far for Fay (and us!) I feel better; we had made the right decision after all.
We go to the local market to shop and pick up some fish and calamari, oranges and biscuits. Back at the Granite Rose campsite we prepare our Christmas Eve BBQ. Not typical Christmas Eve fayre, maybe, but then this is not a typical Christmas Eve. So as not to be totally unseasonal, we spend the evening playing cards whilst listening to carols on the ipad.
Thurs 25th Dec (Christmas Day)
Christmas Day dawns bright and sunny. Strange as it may seem, we realise that we have not heard a single Christmas pop song. Out with the ipad and a quick search for my all time favourite soon puts that to rights...Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody! Well what else?
After breakfast sat in the sun and phone calls home, we go off in search of the famous blue rocks. They are far bigger than I had imagined and we spend the afternoon walking round these surreal, colourful, giant lumps.
At 6pm, as promised, the campsite owner prepares and cooks for us a three course Christmas dinner: salad, fish tagine and fruit salad followed by tea and chocolates. It was all very nice, enhanced by the fact that we ate it in the moon light.
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