Auberge Chez Tihri 'Suerte Loca'
Travel Blogs from Merzouga
11-29---12-7-12
... that this he was going the wrong way he did not believe us, gave us a hard time and ended up over charging us for the ride. After living in Rabat for over a month and finally beginning to not feel like a tourist, this was very frustrating! And after all the wonderful anecdotes about Rabat taxis that I shared in the last entry I felt sort of betrayed....I should have known when I saw that his dashboard and mirror were devoid of any Hamsas or Koranic verses!
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Sahara Tour
... day we were taken to a small town called Rissani and shown around by a local guide. We visited a palatial Mausaleum, and Kasbah.It was not touristy at all unlike some other places we visited later on our trip around Morroco so it was good.
Berber is normally used to deride an item or it signifies its fake. like Berber whiskey is really
tea. So when we were told we were having a Berber Pizza for lunch I thought it
was going to be ...
Er Rachidia - Erfound - Rassani - Merzouga -Sahara
... Sahara dominieren. Nicht nur das Aufsteigen ist schwierig, auch der Gang der Kamele ist nichts für Leute, die unter Motionsickness leiden. Ich schätze, dass wir in den 2 Stunden gut 12-15 km zurückgelegt haben, als wir die Berberzelte erreichen, die in einer von hohen Sanddünen umgebenen Mulde liegen. Die Besteigung der Dünen entpuppt sich als schweißtreibende Angelegenheit, da man immer wieder abrutscht.
Fahre zum ersten Mal ...
No, we do not want to buy a carpet!
... our way to the desert we passed over the Atlas Mountain range. The area we passed through is known as ‘Moroccan Switzerland’. The University town of Ifrane at the top of the pass was built by the French and came complete with steeply sloped roofs and snow. Yes, that was snow! While we had seen snow on the mountain tops in Austria and Switzerland we never imagined that we would have to come to northern Africa to actually be snowed upon. We drove through ...
Tea in the Sahara (by Vienna and Mommy)
... even though I had been only a few times. But I wanted the kids to experience it, despite the fact that it seemed crazy to travel half-way around the world to do so. I didn't fully anticipate, however, that there is something different about walking deep into the dunes, as opposed to driving pell-mell with a souped-up off-road vehicle. When you walk in the sand in the silence, there is something hugely satisfying and peaceful that envelopes you ...