We caught a public bus for the last stop in Marrakech. We arrived late at around 6pm and went to the main square for a “street food” dinner. A lot of people setup little stands with places to sit and…
Cats and Gulls
After the mountains we drove to Essaouira. A seaside town that is quite nice to hang out in. The surprise was that we stopped at our guides house for morning tea on the way and his mum made us tea.…
I don’t do donkeys
We left Ait Benhaddou at the ungodly hour of 7am. Our previous departures had all been around 9am, so 7am seemed earlier than it was and we also needed to pack our bags to go up into the high atlas…
Morrocan Movieworld
We left Todra Gorge in the morning as the sun started to shine on the walls of the gorge. Quite a beautiful departure. Today was a long day with a lot of sites to see. We crossed the plains between…
Todra Gorge
So we went for a walk through the gorge today. There is the first narrow bit, which is full of tourists and people trying to sell things to tourists they don’t want. We stopped a few times for photos and…
Raindrops keep falling on my Camels head
So this was a long day, I know I’ll forget things and the internet isn’t great here, but I’ll do my best. We left Midelt early to head to the Sahara desert where the big dunes were. Technically we were…
Monkeys and Markets
Today was a drive through the Middle Atlas mountains. The highlight for me were the Barbary Macaques that roam the forests. We stopped the bus to allow me to take a lot of photos. Unfortunately even in the forests of…
Gettin Fezzy with it
Last night in Fes was a bit of a blur. We went out after dinner for a few beers and dancing. The music was not great but funny all the same and our guide seems to really like 2 songs,…
Meknes and Volubilis
We arrived late into Meknes on the train and went for a delicious meal of meat skewers seasoned and cooked to perfection, in a little place we probably would never have found or tried without Abduls advice. Then we went…
Rock the Kasbah
My intrepid tour of Morocco has 7 people only and out guide, Abdul seems good. For those of you on the Central Asian tour with me, you’ll be interested to know our guide provides us with maps marking things, like…