Mint Tea & Tagine

 Time to move on after a wonderful lunch…… ….. Fossils…… This area is full of them and you see them being sold all along the roadside in all shapes and sizes. We visited an area with fossils beds, where natural fossils, millions of years-old are found. I am certainly not a geology expert of any [...]

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So after parting with our rather handsome, teeth grinding friends, we had a quick shower and headed off in a blistering sandstorm with our wonderful guide, Hassan for the day. I will split the day in two sections as it was quite busy!! Now it was quite hot and the wind was making visibility rather [...]

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 The Camel has a single hump, The dromedary two, Or is it just the other way, I’m never sure — are you? Ogden Nash Well in fact, it is the other way around…the dromedary camel has one hump!  Ten years ago, for our honeymoon we went elephant riding in Zimbabwe, so what a better way [...]

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The road between Midelt and Merzouga is a wonderful drive through a breathtaking landscape. Close to Er-Rachidia, you can see the turquoise blue waters of the Barrage Hassan Adakhil against the dark brown outcrops of the mountains. You wind your way through the Ziz Gorges, passing derelict Ksours and people going about their lives.  Once [...]

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