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Mark Moxon's Travel Writing

Morocco: Driving in a Sandstorm

A desert road hidden by a sandstorm
In a sandstorm visibility is poor

My stomach wasn't the only place where a storm was brewing. The morning after our return to the comparative civilisation of Merzouga a sandstorm whipped up and started filling every crevice with gritty dust.

Sand snaking across the desert
Sand blows across the desert like a collection of hyperactive snakes