During our camel adventure into the Burkina’s Sahel, we spent the first night sleeping under the stars. When we lied down the sky looked beautiful with all its stars shining bright... In the early morning hours though, I woke up from the wind and the sand blowing in my f
ace. Quite a few clouds had formed. Nico – who had also woken up – and I were wondering whether rain might follow. We woke up the guides to get their expert judgement and they assured us ‘no risk of rain’ and ‘even if there would be rain we would still have plenty of time to get to the shelter’. Me and Nico tried to believe that and lied down again, but we both still watched the sky every now and then, which got darker and darker.
At some point we saw a big black cloud getting closer. We had already stepwise repacked our stuff and got ready to leave. Then at the view of the cloud we thought it might be useful to wake up the guides again. This time they suggested leaving quickly and they really were up quickly. We just had enough time to pick up all items, when the sand storm started (Nico luckily found his lamp back in the sand just a second before that). It was blowing so much that we struggled to walk and see. We found the shelter – a school room – and just when we got in the rain started. All in all, I guess we were lucky to be inside, though the sand was all over us (eyes, mouth, hair, clothes…).
During our camel adventure into the Burkina’s Sahel, we spent the first night sleeping under the stars. When we lied down the sky looked beautiful with all its stars shining bright... In the early morning hours though, I woke up from the wind and the sand blowing in my f
ace. Quite a few clouds had formed. Nico – who had also woken up – and I were wondering whether rain might follow. We woke up the guides to get their expert judgement and they assured us ‘no risk of rain’ and ‘even if there would be rain we would still have plenty of time to get to the shelter’. Me and Nico tried to believe that and lied down again, but we both still watched the sky every now and then, which got darker and darker. 
At some point we saw a big black cloud getting closer. We had already stepwise repacked our stuff and got ready to leave. Then at the view of the cloud we thought it might be useful to wake up the guides again. This time they suggested leaving quickly and they really were up quickly. We just had enough time to pick up all items, when the sand storm started (Nico luckily found his lamp back in the sand just a second before that). It was blowing so much that we struggled to walk and see. We found the shelter – a school room – and just when we got in the rain started. All in all, I guess we were lucky to be inside, though the sand was all over us (eyes, mouth, hair, clothes…).
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