Imlil
Travel Blogs from Imlil, Morocco
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Moving through Morocco
... , which are really old and historically important, and which I dutifully read about in our Lonely Planet guidebook "History of Morocco" and, like most informative historical tracts that I have read in my life, promptly forgot. You aren't really interested ...
Journey Across the Anti Atlas Mountains
... up a mountain with stunning views to our hilltop tribe Armed. So impressive is the scenery that film director Martin scorsese chose Imlil as one of the locations for 'Kundun', temporarily transforming the Kasbah into a Tibetan Monestery. I spent the ...
Jbel Toubkal
... 4156 meters, with a taxi ride from Marrakech which took us up through the beginning of the High Atlas ranges to a town called Imlil. Imlil´s elevation is approximately 2000 meters and it was from there we were to walk the rest on foot. To say Imlil is ...
Morrocan Amigos
... Well I guess he meant 200 so I brought it down to 3 and insulted them. Well, not really. It was all in good fun. In Morocco when eating there is usually no utensils and everyone eats out of the same pot with their right hand. I kept my left hand on my ...
4am Wake Up Call
4 AM Wake Up Call God is great and all. But is there really a need to wake the entire city up with the muslim call to prayer over the PA in Marrakesh? I kid, I was actually looking forward to hearing it. The call to prayer happens 5 times a day and I ...
Soaking up Marakesh
Since my last entry we have spent our evenings out on the djemaa el fna wandering among the crowds, eating tagine and then escaping up to the terrace cafes to watch from a more peaceful distance. On Wednesday we went into the souks and Mandy had great ...
goodbye imlil - my comfort zone will miss you...
... women's co-operative where they make oil, which they then make soap, creams and honey out of. Am now going to go back down to Imlil as have whole afternoon free now (though part of me just wants to stay up and watch the world go by but is probably bad ...
Jebel Toubkal
J'ai décidé de faire un 4167m. Ce sommet est très facile a monter, il suffit de marcher. De marcher dans la neige... Et oui, même au Maroc, on peut avoir de la neige. J'avais 50 cm de neige et des congénères de plus de 2m d'épaisseur. C'est assez ...
First stop: Marakesh
... arrive 26 hours later in Marakesh! It was one of the longest and most 'interesting' journeys of my life (if you ever come to Morocco, spend as little time in Tangier as possible), but as soon as we got in the taxi and started to drive through town to ...
Being a Morrocan
... or a sip of our mint tea. We tried to spot out the best looking girl and boy (respectively) I found that while Morocco doesn't have the abundance of beautiful women that Spain had the women that did look attractive were stunning. Morrocan men and women ...
Ready to Go!
... Fez next which is a city further north. It was a toss up between Marrakesh and Fez for me. They are the 2 more cultural cities in Morocco and Fez offers a lot. Unfortunately I really only had time for one. If I ever return to Morroco (and I plan on it) I ...
dizzying heights
3pm Am sitting in a 'gite d'etape' in a small berber village called Armed drinking mint tea which on previous visits to Morocco I hated but am now finding it quit addictive! I've enjoyed all the food I'v eaten so far - veg couscous; veg tagine; bread and ...
Alive!
I'm back from the desert trek. Barely. I saw a lot in the last 3 days and traveled through some of the most amazing landscape on this planet. From the High Atlas to the Sahara. I stayed the night in a gorge and got to see amazing mountain valleys. I am ...
Day 1 - thoughts so far
... ripping them off and if he says low price they think it must be bad quality: Was surprised but pleased to find no snow in Imlil so will save money on crampons and should be less cold at night. Bit nervous about trek as still no sure how difficult it will ...
La Revanche des Sith!!
This is no fun. I have been sick for the past 3 days so I haven't really gotten into updating. I still have to talk about my night in the desert but I might wait till I get home or if I feel better tomorrow. To get out of the sun, since there isn't ...
Last Night in Morocco
... because the police wanted to make some kind of point. I think when I get back i'm going to right a travel story on relationships in Morocco and how you really don't know who is genuine and who is trying to take money from you. I would be lying if I ...
country, gorges, desert, mountains
had a great variety of experiences the last week, meeting people and seeing landscapes of a great cross section of moroccan life! in midelt i met some lovely berber children who were fascinated but too shy to look at us (unlike the arabic city kids ...
Conquering Toubkal
... run going up a gradient. Me being me however, simply trekking around the hills for a few hours hardly sufficed and being in Morocco and more importantly the High Atlas mountain range, this seemed to provide an ample amount of opportunities. Once again, me ...
Good morning Marrakesh!
... on a round-the-world trip and started 2 months aog in Spain going to school in Barcelona and is heading back up to Europe after Morocco and then eventually on to South America, Asia and Australia. She is doing exactly what I hope to do in a few years. ...
Guide Mohamed
a little late to change from car to car, but we're going, and further into the mountains przesiadka z samochodu do samochodu ale jedziemy do celu prosto w ...
Marrakesh
The train ride last night was wonderful. I was a bit worried at first because each cabin had 4 beds so that meant sharing with 3 other people. I am usually a very private person and have had trouble sleeping already. There was a French couple above me ...
Disco!
This is going to be short. I had a rough night. Found out that Morrocan's don't drink quite as much as Americans. Myself, Liz, Abdullah, Zachariah and this French girl went out to a disco/club last night. The French girl only spoke French and Abdul ...
Summitting North Africa's Highest Peak
... for Aroumd a small village near Imlil. The walk was very straight forward and well marked as we made ourway back through Imlil Valley. Dispite this, we were accompanied by our guide for about 10 minutes of the 3.5hour hike, the rest of the ...
where to start???
Am writing this curled up in my hoody and ski jacket in the guesthouse I stayed in on the night before the 1st day of the trek. Have just had shower (warm!!) and finished my'chores' for the night (i.e. sewing button back onto trousers - not me being fat ...
Atlas (Cadeia Montanhosa)
Dormimos na base da montanha no aldeamento de Imlil e decidimos subir na manhã seguinte. Nessa noite disse-lhes que não se sentissem na obrigação de partilhar comigo refeições, que eu assumia a responsabilidade das minhas escolhas de viagem e isso ...
Entry in 4 hours on Jabal
wejście w 4 godziny ,taktyka Mohameda ;0 Refuge na dole a my idziemy na szczyt Robi się wysoko skoczę na następną górę ;-) Tam zjemy śniadanie mniam :-) ...
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