Kasbah Ait Ben Moro 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 ...

... 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 &amp; experience the temperature swings at that height as well as some residual winter snow.<br>Overnight ...

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.

... was one of the most terrifying and amazingly beautiful trips I've had by bus. I am spending one night here and tomorrow I am going on a three day excursion into the desert and into the valley of a thousand kasbah's. I'm going with a hired driver, a French couple, and a Moroccan tourist. All of which speak French, but none speak English. It's going to be a long couple of days. I'm used to not being able to speak the local languages of ...

... of people were waiting for taxis to fill up to six cramped passengers and leave. Plus sometimes animals like lambs and chickens get in too. We told the guy that we wanted to go to Er-Rachidia and all of a sudden there was a whole bunch of the waiting men ready to get in with us. We did a 30Dirham deal with him and the packs were allowed to ride on the roofracks. Four stinky men got in with us and we were set for a good drive to the next town. The drive was scenic and ...

The contrast between the Draa valley, to the South-East of Ouarzazate, and the road to Agadir rrom Ouarzazate is striking. The Draa valley, marked with it's conflict betwwen inherited traditions and culture and the drive for tourism creates a tension innthe inhabitants that is missing entirely in both the stretched out miles of argan hills and the hundreds of acres of industrial citrus fields to the East. When you ...

... back to sleep. But apparently Issam overslept, because later he got up and went to work, I laid there and relaxed for a little bit and then got up when I noticed Ibrahim watching me "sleep". Creepy. At that point I realized what time it was, and was in deed NOT happy. I literally jumped into my clothes, grabbed my bag and left - but Ibrahim ran in front of the exit door, and asked me to stay. I told him no, but he insisted. I put on my angry face and pulled the door ...

... for sunrise to boot. Instead of heading back the way we came after that though, we kept going south, and after following some valleys downhill for a few more days we managed to cross the High Atlas mountain range. Its a great way to go if you get the chance, with a good balance of solid trekking and Berber (the indigenous people of North Africa) characters. Its also undeniably a medieval world there- although a few places in the ...

Hello from Ouarzazate, movie capital of Morocco. We arrived the day before yesterday after a long and spectacular 5 hour bus ride over the mountains. The roads were winding and the drops were sheer, but thankfully mostly on the other side of the road. The bus was absolutely packed to the gills, and we were glad to get to Ouarzazate. On the way in we passed some of the film sets. A lot of Hollywood films have been made here, including ...