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Agdez Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Agdez, Morocco
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First you see Ouerzazate, then you die.
... Sahara's edge. From here we'd take a camel trek and camp in a Bedouin tent. It's one of those "must do's" when traveling in Morocco. But it wasn't meant to be. We went out for breakfast just in front of the hotel and when we got back, ...
Arabian nights
... many floors they will need. Farther out from the city the concrete and rebar changes to the mud brick style that defines the real Morocco. It wasn’t too long before all the construction we saw was in this style, and we would live among it for this ...
Agdz Bivouac dans la palmeraie
Agdz, petit village berbere ou l on a fait une petite escale dans sa palmeraie pour y passer la nuit. nous avons fait la rencontre de Sekou un directeur d ecole que l on reverra surment a notre retour inch allah ...
1111 A Fateful Decision (Mor 353)
Day 053 : 2 hours, 1.8 kms After Ait Mellikt, there's a road which leads to a bridge across the river—my last chance to cross the river in who know how long. It would be much more sensible to cross to the other side, where there is public ...
dattes et datiers
Nous campons un peu plus loin dans la palmeraie, histoire de nous éloigner de l'attrape-touriste... Je pose ma tente sous un datier et au petit matin, je n'ai qu'à tendre le bras pour me régaler de dattes!! ...
1109 Getting lost in the Oasis (Mor 351)
Day 053 : 3 hours, 2.3 kms The next village is just a short distance away and, after doing a loop around I don't feel like retracing my steps, so I head off into in the wrong direction, into the oasis farm plots, figuring I’ll figure a path out of ...
Happy New Year
So, Ihr Lieben, ihr habt vielleicht schon gemerkt, dass hier in Marokko nicht soviel von mir zu hören ist. Aber "No News" sind ja gewöhnlich "Good News". Und so ist es auch! Ich hab mich hier so wahnsinnig schnell integriert und die lokale ...
A Agdz, c est la fete!
Apres une journee de taxi, nous sommes arrives tous les quatre a Agdz sans trop savoir ce qui nous attendait. Nous sommes atterris dans un genre de camping berbere ou il n y avait pas d electricite et les murs etaient faits de terre cuite, le stricte ...
1123 Breakfast with the Village Chief (Mor 365)
Day 055: 3 hours, 2.3 kms The next series of town are packed so closely together I'm just going to count them as one town. I stop to ask a well dressed fellow coming out of his house the name of the town, and, even though he’s in a hurry, he ...
1120 Adding on One last Town (Mor 362)
Day 054 : 4 hours, 2.3 kms I take a quick walk up through Tinezga to the barren gently sloping plains between the hills and the oasis. Here I enjoy a peaceful little concert as dusk sets in and boys play football nearby. I must admit it is ...
1117 Another Quick Town (Mor 359)
Day 054 : 1 hour, 1.8 kms Down along the edge of the "sea of green" and up again, I quickly find myself in yet another mud castle/village. Here I opt for a change of style, doing an alley video clip rather than my typical panoramic view ...
dreaming of climbing in Todra Gorge
We stopped for a day at Todra Gorge, a stunning place with cliffs jutting straight up either side of a road and small river. And ahhhhhh, the climbing here looks spectacular, with bolted 300m long routes all over the place! What I'd have given for a ...
1118 Last Berber Village (Mor 360)
Day 054 : 2 hours, 2.2 kms While exploring my next village, I meet a friendly fellow who gives me some very interesting information about this town: "This is the last Berber village. The next village down the road is an Arab one." This comes ...
Escape from the desert
We got up early and the auberge called a share taxi for us. They then changed their mind and said if walked to the village it would be quicker to get a taxi. Up until now they had agreed we could find transport direct to Erfoud, which would enable us to ...
Moroccan hospitality
On our way out on Friday we stopped at a small shop near the hotel to see if they could repair the little radio we had bought. The tuner was no longer working. The technician took it apart and adjusted it a few times and managed to get it working, at ...
1124 Hiking with the Schoolboys (Mor 366)
Day 055: 2 hours, 2.4 kms Continuing on to the next town, some of the boys offer to accompany me. Since I've been guilty of contributing to truancy a couple times before I remind them that their supposed to be in class. "Oh, we just got off ...
Aït Benhaddou
Aït Benhaddou is very hard to describe as anything but a paradise, deep into Morocco, and close to the Algerian border, this city built on a hill like a fortress, it reminded me of a setting for an ancient roman scene, this settlement has not ...
In the Garden
Hello you, hope you're all nice and cosy inside! Yesterday we had a lovely day, nice and hot and no cold wind, but alas, it didn't stay that way! Today was freeeeezing.... In summer mode I went awalking through our oasis yesterday; "I'm going to the ...
1114 Village with a View (Mor 356)
Day 054 : 1 hour, 2.7 kms I follow the road as it winds up the hillside giving me a great panoramic view of the region. On the other side of the river is a wide flood plain with sparse vegetation, giving it a different feel from the normal view of ...
1108 The Draa Valley Hike, Part 2 (Mor 350)
Day 053 : 6 hours, 5.8 kms Less than two weeks after my South Desert adventure, I'm off on another 4 day adventure. And I know exactly what I want: I want to do another Superhike. Doing that Souss Valley Superhike felt really good, ...
1112 Nighttime in the Middle of Nowhere (Mor 354)
Day 053 : 4 hours, 6.5 kms The next town is just a tiny hamlet that takes just a few minutes to walk through. I see a man sitting in front of a house and ask in Arabic, "excuse me, what's the name of this village?" “Why do you want to ...
1115 The Date Market (Mor 357)
... their dates. I remember a discussion I had with a fellow in Boudnib last summer who said "it’s a real pity that Morocco with its millions and millions of palm trees still imports dates from other countries like Tunisia." Now I want to ...
1122 A Row of Towns (Mor 364)
... strange… a man going from house to house begging. This is quite rare in these parts, unlike the cities in Morocco where there’s a beggar practically on every corner. I opt for a change of scenery and dive into the oasis for a while ...
The valley of the Draa!
... ;Sahara dwellers” we have met, this does not surprise me! They are all alive and working as traders in southern Morocco. All have special trinkets from the desert in the dark interior of the shop and show great imagination in their attempts to ...
1119 Night under the shadow of a Castle (Mor 361)
Day 054 : 2 hours, 4.0 kms After Irhfi, I cross a wide dry riverbed which separates the Berber and Arab villages. I wonder if things will feel any different on the other side. When I sit down in they shade to strum a couple of songs, I'm ...
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