Riad Agraw Tinerhir
Aenue Benenzarane, Rue Al masalla, 10 Tinerhir, Morocco
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A gorge or two
... as that afternoon moved on to the Dades gorge. About 1.5 hours drive. Great drive there. Incredible zigzag road up to the gorge past many Berber villages and ruined Kasbahs. Gorge not as spectcular as Todra but OK.
Known now as Ali Baba. Think its the beard and the Turban. In fact taken as a berber man. Even our driver said _ I thought you were a local just hanging around.
Camped that night but cold as we are quite high ...
The most gorgeous gorges!!
... at 7pm. A piping hot tagine of chicken and vegetables, with melon and grapes, was a fine end to our day, made by the lovely Ali and his kitchen cook. We loved the staff here – they couldn’t do enough for us, but as the stunning daylight views from this hotel now eluded us, it wasn’t long before we were hitting the sack. Vanessa and Chris again asked me if I’d like to sleep out on the terrace with them, but I declined on account ...
Welcome to the Atlas Mountains
... and plants but not so many roses. Turns out all of the roses were picked a week earlier for the annual Rose Festival (oh well).
Turning off the main road, we headed north towards our final stop of the day, Dades Gorge. We drove on through the Ait Arbi (lush green valleys of fig and almond trees) and had a brief stop at the "Red Rock Formation", which was a large geological feature related to mountain building processes, very impressive!
As we drove into the gorge, ...
Best. Tagine. Ever.
... fairly cloudy, but still. Sahara. Sunrise. Not something you see all that often, unless you live there.
The rest of the day passed in a bit of a blurr. We packed up camp, rode back to the auberge (I got a new camel - Fluffy Jr - who was much easier to ride. Different saddle, I think.) taking pictures and chatting along the way, ate breakfast, and then back on the bus. ...
A desert sunrise, a gorge, and a cold night
... of the Sahara), and they also had lots of rooms! After all of the hustle and bustle they finally showed us our room, which apparently also needed a tour. When the tour guide left we settled our stuff while Leo and I stayed out of the way and drew random pictures. After that we went out to the sand dunes and played there until dinner. The next morning we got dressed, brushed our teeth and went to breakfast. Where we had eggs, crepes and juice. After, we played ...



