A view of the mountains ensh-allah (god willing)

Trip Start Sep 03, 2008
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Trip End Nov 13, 2008


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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Today started with it bucketing rain; both Shellie and I were grateful we had walked through the Medina yesterday, but were a little disappointed that we had booked a mountain tour today. While we did hope it would fine up, it didn't. It was soaking wet, with the road covered with mud-slides in many parts. It was almost as if the weather pattern we experienced in our second-last day in Aix En Provence had followed us south!
All of that said, the trip was interesting even if it didn't have the benefit of seeing the tallest mountain in the range. The river flowing alongside the road was flowing quickly due to the rain. We stopped at one point so we could have the opportunity to cross the river; using a bridge the locals use - fashioned together with fencing wire and sticks! We also had the opportunity to walk along the road for about 1.5km; and opportunity taken by most occupants of our small tour group except the British.Lunch was at a restaurant about 52km out of Marrakech. Shellie had steamed vegetables and cous-cous, I had a Tagine with chicken and olive, which while nice was not as good as the meal yesterday evening.On the way back down we stopped off at a herbalist were we were provided with an overview of their products (all positioned to have us buy something of course). Shellie and I were under no pressure as we couldn't bring any of their goods home with us due to Australian quarantine rules; a fact even the herbalist knew. We also stopped (on the way up) at a ceramics place with is apparently a Berber speciality. There were some lovely pieces however Shellie and I were not interested in starting negotiations.
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