Competition winner Steve Adams is travelling with his younger brother, Mark. Their diary of the final day of their Saharan adventure was recorded as an audio diary, transcribed below.
Walking boots on the sand, Sahara Desert, Morocco. Photograph: Elliot Smith/Guardian Unlimited
This morning, after sunrise in the dunes, a dog from the local (Berber) campsite came to visit us in our camp. He took a shine to us and he stayed, played fetch, and we gave him water. A while later, when our guide, Aziz, suggested we started walking while they finished packing the Land Rovers, the dog followed us. Or we followed him, I'm not sure. We got lost, anyway.
Eventually the 4x4s caught up with us, and then we travelled off the way we were supposed to be going. All credit to the drivers though, it's really hard work.
We stopped to admire the fossils and rocks, something you can spend hours doing in Morocco.
Driving along, we suddenly saw an ocean in the desert right in front of us. A huge lake of water. Actually, it was a mirage! I didn't think such things really existed, but there it was - and the hills next to it were reflected in the water that wasn't really there ...
* Three Guardian Unlimited readers and their guests won the chance to join the expedition, operated by adventure travel specialists Explore!
* See a gallery of their journey so far and read more of the group's blog diaries
