It starts harmlessly enough: a hike, a workshop, a good restaurant. Then it rains all night, the gravel track transforms - and we spend three days stuck at a spot we had not considered at all…

The track looks worse than it did the day before

At the famous dunes of Erg Chegaga we get ourselves stuck on purpose in order to learn recovery. After that comes the last training point - and finally a mud-brick town you may recognise from a few films…

The dunes of Erg Chegaga