Sleep under the stars in the Sahara Desert

“The campsite consisted of a few tour groups converged into one. We ate tajine and listened to our Berber (indigenous people of Morocco) guides as they played the drums and sang traditional songs around a fireplace. While the days are hot in the desert, the nights get bitter cold. I laid back on the ground and gazed at the stars above me. There were more stars in the sky than I’d ever seen. [...] We slept in a tent and covered ourselves with thick blankets for warmth. I loved it and slept better than I expected I would; I was exhausted after the long drive and rough camel ride.”

“The camp provided luxurious tents with generous, comfortable beds, but this wasn’t what we had in mind. Dragging a number of thick carpets and pillows out into the desert, we settled down in a uniformed line. Forget having the material of a tent above our heads, we were going to sleep under the canopy of the stars. The next morning, after only an hour of sleep, it was time to drag our weary bodies back up the dunes to watch the sunrise. [...] And I’d finally ticked off the top item of my Life To-Do List: sleep under the stars in the Sahara.”