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Trip: Marvelous Morocco

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Photos: Last days in Marrakech

MOROCCO | Saturday, 23 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery

Spending our last couple of days in Marrakech exploring, shopping and EATING
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Last days in Marrakech

MOROCCO | Saturday, 23 Oct 2010 | Views [555]

We rose early to catch a mini-van back to town, which then turned out to be an hour late, causing Khalid to panic a bit about us missing our bus. Luckily the main bus was also running on “Moroccan time” so we ended up arriving with plenty ... Read more >

Tags: bus rides, el badi palace, marrakech, souks


Photos: Gorgeous gorges

MOROCCO | Thursday, 21 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery

Hiking through Agouti Gorge and climbing in the Todra Gorge
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Gorgeous gorges

MOROCCO | Thursday, 21 Oct 2010 | Views [1533]

After a much better sleep on thicker floor mattresses during which Ross said I talked in my sleep but luckily only said, “That’s cool”, we fuelled up with breakfast and headed off on our 6 hour trek through the Agouti Gorge. Apparently ... Read more >

Tags: agouti gorge, hamam, rock climbing, todra gorge, trekking


Photos: Valleys, hills and gorges

MOROCCO | Wednesday, 20 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery

Trekking through the Rose Valley to the top of the Agouti Gorge
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Rocking the kasbah

MOROCCO | Wednesday, 20 Oct 2010 | Views [1036]

After a 4 hour drive to the Rose Valley we sent our main bags in the van to our next stop while we set off on another trek up to our next mountain gite with smaller overnight bags. We started the trek with lunch by the river (always a good start!) ... Read more >

Tags: agouti gorge, kasbah, rose valley, trekking


Photos: Ait Benhaddou

MOROCCO | Tuesday, 19 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery

Checking out the famous movie site
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Ait Benhaddou

MOROCCO | Tuesday, 19 Oct 2010 | Views [481]

Unfortunately the weather took a turn for the worse so we decided not to do the four hour hike to the Sidi Chamarouch shrine in order to arrive at the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou with enough daylight to check it out. This 'fortified city', or ksar, ... Read more >

Tags: ait benhaddou, kasbahs, tizi-n-tichka


Photos: Biking & Hiking in Morocco

MOROCCO | Sunday, 17 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery

Cycling and trekking in the Atlas Mountains
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Biking and hiking to our first mountain gite

MOROCCO | Sunday, 17 Oct 2010 | Views [694]

We had an early start (one of many) to catch a minivan out to the start of our bike ride into the mountains. The first leg was the worst (well it felt like it) with a massively long hill, but I was surprised at how I was able to keep going ... Read more >

Tags: atlas mountains, berber villages, hiking, imane valley, imlil, mountain biking


Photos: Back to Africa

MOROCCO | Saturday, 16 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery

First 2 days exploring Marrakech
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Back to Africa

MOROCCO | Friday, 15 Oct 2010 | Views [680]

I arrived in Marrkech around midday and made a poor effort at bargaining a taxi ride into town. I knew what it SHOULD cost and the taxi driver knew, but unfortunately they had a monopoly and I ended up with the group of them surrounding me and all ... Read more >

Tags: djemaa el fna, el bahia palace, marrakech

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