“For a few dirhams you can hire a donkey and muleteer to carry your gear and guide you along remote trails, over low passes linking hidden valleys.”
“Two mules trotted past laden with sacks knobbly with chestnuts, the muleteer calling out a cheerful greeting.”
“While the muleteer and packhorses beelined for the next camp through the tilled fields, we insisted that the four of us hike along the escarpment for the rest of the journey.”