Farah Al Janoub Ouarzazate

... a battle ship, so we just got the fossil, which we're going to stick on the wall in the head. <br> <br>After heading over the High Atlas pass at 2400 mtrs, we arrived at Ait Benhaddou, which is famous for it's 12 century Kasbar, which has been used for the filming of Jesus of Nazareth, Gladiator and Lawrence of Arabia. The whole place is built of mud bricks. Which don't appear to be kiln fired, there aren't ...

Just 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 ...

... contests - goat herding involves lots of stone throwing.<br>Some firewood gathering is involved &amp; the Berbers are into bread making each evening. There are other nomads on the move (some with tourists) and we get the invite to tea at a random cave complete with smoky fire; pretty soon if it's not dusty it smells of smoke.<br>Quite a lot of the trek is on dry river beds &amp; that is not the easiest - it's much more interesting on the ...

Ait 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.

... to those of us from countries where there are such things as sand bags and alternative routes. But in Morocco, the dammage done by a day or so of rain is fixable only by Allah and we were at his whim. While brainstorming about our next course of action we were approached by a man who got our attention by with a "Hey! You are the two French and two Americans who are going to the dessert with Hassan. Abdo is waiting for ...

Last night we had passed some film studios and upon waking this morning we could see why the location is perfect for filming those desert-y scenes. Some of the movies filmed here include Lawrence Of Arabia, The Jewel Of The Nile, Alexander, The Mummy and Gladiator. Aït Ben-Haddou, a UNESCO Heritage site is a 'fortified city', or ksar, along the former caravan route between the Sahara Desert and Marrakech. It is situated in Souss-Massa-Draâ on a hill ...

... out the vent above blowing out 50°c air, was actually really comfortable!) and ensha 'llah, here we are! A fantastic place to catch our breath, kick back &amp; soak up some of the best scenery &amp; hospitality Morocco has to offer. Tomorrow we plan to get to Zagora where we hope to experience Morocco in true Berber style as we venture into the Sahara desert on the humps of a camel to a Bedouin camp... but we'll update you on how that actually transpires nex time - Ensha 'llah!

... empty, some shabby looking, and then when you got near the camel areas, BAM there were tons of expensive and finely built Riads and Hotels in "Moroccan" style, that were obviously sucessful purely through the tourism industry(which Morocco is trying to develop more every day). Arriving in Zagora, we were apparently late, so we had to get our stuff ready for the night, change, and get, yes, headwraps put on us to protect our heads from the wind and ...

... The drive was very scenic, the red desert, the adobe villages in the hills all around, the snake-like roads sneaking up the mountain slopes, the massive colorful rocks rising out of the hills - amazing. I stopped in some places to take photos. One time I was just facinated by one of the hilltop adobe villages, this one on the other side of the road, so I drove to the side, parked the car, took my camera and got out of the car. There was no traffic, too, so I had the ...

... ensued: "Nothing beats a picture of a family and their monkey" "I guarantee you that guy is about to say - Hey, check out my snake" "I think that guy's telling a story about a man's tragic obsession with his pomegranate.....and his burro." "The water seller looks like a fag" The star of the show as far as Laynni was concerned was "Hat Guy", a lively entertainer who spends his afternoons impeding tourists on their way through the square with his own unique ...