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Casbah Madihi, Palmerai de Skoura Ouarzazate, Morocco, 00-212-44-85-22-39
Today is my parents anniversary - 14 years! We drove from the desert to the High Atlas mountains, which took almost all day. On the way, we stopped to dig for fossils - they are everywhere. I saw all types of fossils - ammonite, root fossils, antropods - the whole place used to be covered by the ocean. I found a root fossil. That was cool. We also saw a huge herd of camels, like maybe 100, right beside the road. The little baby camels were so cute. Tallulah named one of the camels we rode in ...
Ouarzazate, Morocco zolabThis summer, I rode my bike every day and since we have been traveling, I have not been able to ride at all. But today, I borrowed a bike from a boy who lives in the village near the Kasbah and rode bikes with Dad around the village. The paths are made of dirt and are quite bumpy, but it was lots of fun! There are mostly bikes and mopeds and donkeys on the road because the village is surrounded by the river bed (which is flooded in the spring) and only 4x4s can drive in. We heard the call to ...
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... You can travel second class, which saves you 6 euro but also allows you to sit or stand with whoever you (don't) want First or second class it's definitely best to bring your own sandwiches, as they're more expensive than the fare. <br> <br>We stayed the night in Marrakech in a really wonderful Riad, Which a had a beautiful internal courtyard with a fountain in the centre, the guest rooms around the edges ...
Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco sharkitaJust quick entry to set the map pin. Suffice I lucked out and nabbed a guide in Merzouga who just happened to be headed to Marrakech to pick up 3 Spanish clients to guide them on a 10 day tour of Morocco.<br><br> Thus, instead of struggling w/ mind-boggling taxi negotiations to navigate to Quarzazate (about 8 hrs. from Merzouga), I ...
Quarzazate, Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco globalgirl... the family and get the tents up whilst Ahmed produces that Lamb Casserole with soup.<br>The goats live pretty much by daylight so it's an early night before the 5.30 dawn chorus.<br>The next 6 days then follow the pattern of early starts and trekking up to 6 hours and a lazy afternoon waiting for the goats to catch up. We climb to 3200 metres & experience the temperature swings at that height as well as some residual winter snow.<br>Overnight ...
Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco pilgrim143Ait Ben Haddou is one of the oldest Kasbahs in Morocco. Onthe way to the hotel we saw goats on the side of a maountain. And from the roof of the hotel I took pictures of the kasbah and the neighbors garden. We met 2 German girls the next morning and gave them a ride to Casablanca. They were lots of fun.
Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco gloshiv... wanted to do similar things so we could split costs. The next day we started cruising all the car rental agencies looking for like minded travellers. As judgemental and picky as Elise and I are, this was not an easy task. We were lucky enough though to find two French guys who were trying to rent a car that was over their budget. After a few formalities, and discovering we all wanted to go into the desert, we were off. At ...
Ouarzazate, Morocco jesselise... vous souhaitez partir sur les pistes. Par ailleurs, il est bien plus simple de faire appel à un chauffeur pour ce type d'excursion, car la conduite et le repérage n'est pas aisé du tout. * En retirant de l'argent en banque, vous vous retrouverez avec des billets de 100 ou 200 dihram (1€ = 10 drh environ)... ce qui est loin d'être pratique pour ...
Ouarzazate, Morocco lnetpierreWe left our hotel at 5am for a 50 min 4-wheel drive ride to Merzouga, the desert area close to the Algerian border. Once there, it was onto a camel, sharing with Cynthia, for a 20 or so min ride through the sand dunes. I was glad to get off that camel, it was very uncomfortable and when it knelt down to let me off I was thrown forward onto a bolt on the front of the harness and got a very sore thigh and a painful deep ...
Merzouga, Erfoud, Todra Gorge and Ouarzazate, Morocco suzy-q... because the group of children pull my door, with angry faces. It does eventually close and I start driving as fast as I can away, seeing in my rear window that the children start throwing stones towards my car, with hatred in their eyes. That was scary! Luckily none of the rocks hit the car, otherwise I would have had a large bill on my hands once back in Marrakech!<br><br>Because of my late departure that day, I only just managed to get to Aït Benhaddou that night ...
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