Hotel Atlas Midelt

... Everyone was friendly and nobody was trying to sell us anything. There was ripe fruit on the trees. And when I found out how cheap and plentiful pomegranates are in this country, I was seriously tempted to move here...

After the walk and dinner we had some local Berber drummers and dancers come out. Soon we were dancing wildly for hours! I broke out my shimmies and the women practically attacked me with a hipscarf. It was a blend of ...

... mountains, magnificent and covered with snow. We drove to a hostel for women and girls run by the Franciscan nuns where the women do beautiful embroidery. Mike chatted away to some of the ladies, and they even told me to look after him! Some of us bought bookmarks - their work was lovely and seeing them working made it even more special. We arrived at our accommodation (Auberge) for the night which was only a short ...

We only have a few days left at our training site and less than a week until we find out our final sites. We had our final project yesterday, which was a Halloween party at the Dar Chebab. Someone said they counted over 100 children, so I would say that was a pretty good turn out. There were the classic activities like bobbing for apples, fishing for candy, a spider web, and pumpkin carving. When we ...

So I know it has been a while since I've posted anything (I put pictures up in a couple of previous entries). I have been busy eating and drinking lots of tea. That's my excuse. It is starting to get colder, there is snow on the mountains nearby. Sometimes it gets down to about 60 F inside. The houses are designed for the summer so it almost always warmer outside. I'm hoping this will be proved wrong when the really ...

I've been in "M" a week now. I am lucky to have the largest Community Based Training (CBT) sites. There are a couple of souqs (markets) each week and plenty of hanuts (small stores) and cyberes (internet cafes). I can find pretty much anything I need here. I'm living with a berber family that speaks no English or French. They speak darija to me but berber amongst themselves. I'm slowly ...

We had intended to stop at the Cedar Forests to see the Barbary Apes, but missed the turning and just drove past. We did see a few monkeys at the roadside, but decided not to turn back and continued on towards the Middle Atlas. On our route we came across a campsite, just north of Midlet, at a Kasbah out in middle of nowhere surrounded by flat barren land. We were very excited to find the facilities in excellent ...

Talaaaa ! A 7 hours train ride on the one of the only 2 train tracks of the country bring s us to the second crown jewel of Morocco 's Imperial cities : Meknès, capital of King Moulay Ismail, dubbed the Sun King of Morocco (he lived at the same time as Louis the GReat in France and tried to emulate his model through absolute power and a policy of lavish construction. Unfortunately, other than a massive door ...

Ola to all!! Long time no contact with many of you... hope this finds you happy and healthy... and greetings to all the fellow travelers my path has been fortunate enough to cross on the journey thus far. Tons of pics to see at... http://www.flickr.com/photos/wanderfoot design/sets/ For those of you I have not spoken/emailed with in a while... I am currently living in a camper in Europe. Yes, that is right my new home is a 1991 Fiat Camper bought and paid for in Amsterdam, Holland ...

I'm back in civilisation here in Essaouira after an unbelievable week in Morocco's rural deserts and mountains ... Essaouira is a coastal resort town, packed with tourists. Last night was Gab's birthday. Instead of 'Happy Birthday' being sung, we had a local birthday party with lots of Arabian music and entertainment. In true Intrepid style, a cake was organised to help us celebrate what was a very memorable birthday party, and no doubt one of the most unique for Gab ...

... bizarre, ça fait un peu village fantôme. Toutes les maisons (de style européen) sont cassées et délabrées. On voit des grosses portes étanches pour les cas où l'oued débordait. C'est l'oued Mouloya. Il part de Nador et il est très long. On comptait bivouaquer sur la piste après la mine mais il n'y a même pas un arbre alors, on va dans un camping après Midelt. Le soir, tout le monde est fatigué et on va se coucher tôt.