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Morocco Exchange: Chefchaouen
Another early morning was waiting for us. We woke up, ate breakfast with our host families then said our final good-byes and boarded the bus for Chefchaouen. Before we arrive in Chefchaouen, we head to a very small rural village to meet a family and discuss the other aspect of Moroccan life... the rural lifestyle.
We arrive at this small …
Mabel and the Masters head for the Mountains
... but as soon as we entered the tent reality set in. There were not enough layers in the world to keep us entirely warm that night but we weren’t the only ones.
Morning and a beautiful sunrise over pink tinted, snow capped mountains drove away the chills. We toasted bread over the remains of the fire and made condensed milk sweetened rice porridge with the left-overs from the night before. This was what bush camps were all about!! Us, the truck and nature...
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OTHER HIKES: Tinjedad Oasis
... walk inside to a little courtyard in the center.
On the paved road, I’m not quite sure if I should go left back to the main highway or right to who knows where. I decide to go right but after going a ways and not seeing any town or shade up ahead, I head back to Zaouiat. I’d better ask for directions. In this kind of heat, I’m in no mood to just wander aimlessly around the countryside.
“Oh, there are several ...
Troubles
... the road ran right through it, and there were some hotels inside the gorge as well. Kinda touristy. Still, it doesn't take away from the sheer height of the gorge walls, and it provided welcome relief from the heat with its shade and its freezing-cold river.
While the others were off wandering a little more, feeling a bit weak from two days of barely eating, I slowly passed by a souvenir stall and was approached by the proprietor, ...
3200 ft ascent, 15KM trek & 1 batshit crazy gu
... to be longer than the 4 hours we had planned on...again, posturing for more money....I told him to save it. We reached the end and I paid Omar and even tipped him bc the trek was outstanding. However, he then started to act weird towards Kristy and made her uncomfortable...offering to crack her back, tapping her a number of times...we piled back in a cab and then said our good byes....not a minute too soon. So when we were back in town for dinner, it was just luck that we ...