3 AM. The alarm clock rings! Up! A new experience begins. At 4 AM, we leave Manresa for Barcelona. We arrive at the airport and we queue in line for an hour to do all the paperwork and check in our luggage.
The plane leaves at 7:40 AM and at 8 AM (local time) we land in Er-Rachidia, where another hour of queuing awaits us to pass the check control. And as soon as I get off the plane, I fall in love with the mountains of the desert.
Once over the checkpoint, we take a two-hour bus journey to the Merzouga camp. Yes, the adventure has begun and a dream come true, to be on the Titan Desert Morocco.
When we arrive at the camp, in this case, a hotel facility with the camp inside, we find the haimas distributed to accommodate three people. It’s time to go and get the credentials, the welcome pack, the bike, distribute the haimas, card for mobile data… Anyway, a whole day up and down until bedtime (we’ve been up since 3 AM!) And tomorrow the first stage, with 120 km ahead and with a day that, apparently, will be very hot.
The real adventure begins tomorrow!