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Moving on South: Photos 21 to 27
Africa » Morocco » Fès-Boulemane » Sefrou
June 14th 2009 by Warthog
Continuing the adventure, heading south for the Gorges of Ziz
North Africa is a place you think of warmth, not on this morning...it was freezing as we drove south out of Fes towards the Middle Atlas and the town of Midelt heading for the gorges of Ziz.
We were on the road well before 6, with the light slowly fighting it's way up into the clear blue sky, seemingly struggling with the cold morning.
We had an excellent early run, out through Sefrou, with folk making their way to early prayer, wrapped against the chill of the morning. On out down towards Boulemane, we came over a rise and the view laid out before us was stunning in it's very barrenness, flat for miles, with the High Atlas in the distance like a row of white teeth, snow shining in the early light.
It was awe inspiring, it coincided nicely with other requirements (it is amazing in a landscape that appears as flat and barren as it did, that one could actually go and hide behind a rock not even the size of a football and be hidden from sight for a call of nature!!) so we just stopped for
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Palm tree in the dam
On the way into Er Rachidia, the huge dam had this palm tree just poking up out of it, a very odd sight (just seeing a tree on that stretch of road, let alone the fact it was in the middle of a lake..... [more]
Sunset at Teneghir
Very close to the entrance to Teneghir we made camp, it was an odd light with the sun falling behind the Atlas, oh for a SLR camera...
Dinner on the rocks
The surface was covered in rocks, we cleared some carefully for the tent footprints, which then led to the dust storm when the wind shifted direction in the early hours....the erosion is slowed by the... [more]
Anyone tell me what this is?
I reckon iit is a fossilized tree, there were a few of these around, but this was by far the clearest of them, amazing in the early morning light
Life in the landscape
This was the only life we saw, the goats and sheep ate it, but how it survived is one of those wonders of nature.
Spot the Land Rover
The little black dot around centre slightly left is the car, it was freezing on top of the hill I took this from, 10 minutes walk from the campsite, not alot around!!?
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