Hotel Kenzi Azghor Ouarzazate

... 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 ...

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 ...

So here we are in the Dades Valley, attached to a Nomadic Berber (extended) family with their 230+ goats &amp; sheep, 3 Mules, 10 Camels, 4 Dogs, 3 Donkeys, &amp; 2 Chickens. Family runs from Grandma down to the 2 year old &amp; from here for 7 days it's trek, camp &amp; cook with them.<br>We have our guide (Lassan) &amp; cook (Ahmed) so we can communicate &amp; eat if not easily wash etc.<br>On the way up we drove through Ouarzazate (think film sets ...

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.

... finished her packing. Thursday the 26th of March 2009. Train from Woking to Gatwick.We finally came up with a name for the tent. OCD short for Operation Certain Death. A fella that Helen just starting to see calls the MDS that so we thought it was appropriate.We met Myles, Amy, Jaco, Johnathan along the way at Clapham. Farewell to the others as I had a different flight to catch. Helen had joked it was to meet my film crew, amazing ...

... of Ramadan. All good. At the Er-Rachidia bus station Nadine gathered a crowd of ten men around her like bees to honey when she got the Europe Lonely Planet with its tiny chapter and useless map of Morocco out as we tried to find out how to pronounce the name of our destination town that is Ait Ben Haddou. We are skipping Todra Gorge and acting on intuition. It was written wrong on our map and this explains why nobody had heard of it. It is kind of nice to be doing a country ...

... to seed immediate roots for future growth. Further east can be found valleys filled with industrial citrus farm, new and old. Farther east down the Souss valley, the land flattens out, and the disconnected kasbahs and sizable farms give way to suburban regions, mixing field and city, with definite urban downtowns complete with Volvo dealers and souqs. Downtown Agadir is a resort like that rivals any club med equivalent.

... all to myself. Down the hill on my side of the road comes a cute Moroccan kid running down the slopes. He says Bonjour. I tell him good day back in French and compliment him on his French. He smiles. Two more kids come running down the slope, both say Bonjour and I do the same. More and more kids come, one starts asking for money, but I tell him no. All the other kids depand money, and are now getting really aggressive, placing their hands in my pockets and I try ...

... who are also dealing with this sad news. Rest in peace Clarrie in the beautiful arms of our god father in the skies overlooking this amazing world. ---------------------------- Today was spent travelling to Ouarzaate, a desert outpost which houses the Atlas film studios. We also travelled to Ait Benhaddou, the Kasbah town that has featured in many of my favourite movies such as Gladiator and Jesus ...

... returned by way of camel to to our auberge for breakfast. It is basically bread everywhere we go with coffee and tea. We travelled through more desert scenery to Todra Gorge. The scenery I observed today was absolutely beautiful. Our hotel for tonight is the Hotel Taborile in an unbelievable setting with the gorge outside our door. Like Tiger Leaping Gorge, I have been spoilt once again!