Blogs from Boumalne Dades, Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco, Africa
January 25th 2012
We hebben vandaag weer goed internet, dus zo kunnen we jullie weer op de hoogte stellen van onze belevenissen. Sorry dat de vorige blogs misschien een rommeltje waren, dat kwam doordat de pc in de Riad nogal oud was en onze bestanden slecht kon lezen. De tekst moest daardoor nog aan elkaar worden geplakt. Als het goed is zijn onze volgende blogs weer goed. Vandaag werden we om 8 uur verwacht voor het ontbijt op het dakterras. Aangezien het met 2 graden een beetje fris was, zaten we in onze winterjas. Ach, je moet wat over hebben voor een mooi uitzicht. Na het ontbijt zijn we naar Ouarzazate gereden om boodschappen te doen. Dat bleek moeilijker dan verwacht. We zijn eerst de hoofdstraat doorgereden, maar niets te bekennen. Daarna nog een paar andere grote wegen, nog ... read more
February 26th 2010
We have spent the last few days in some quite remote areas in Morocco. Our first stop was Boumalne Dades or specifically about 28km into the gorge from this town. Before we left the bus station in Fes we double checked what time the bus left. Two days later we got up early, whoffed down breakfast and got to the bus station at 8am for the 9am bus only to find out it was actually an overnight bus leaving at 9pm. I must learn the French words for morning and afternoon. So we now had a very long day in Fes to kill with our big bags, all we could really do was hang out in the new town and move from one coffee shop to the other - there are worse things to do I ... read more
April 16th 2006
After camp I took a few days to recover and relax before heading back over the mountains to Kelaa. The gorges are just off the main road that goes north from Ouarzazate towards Errachidia, where Maryam took me to have L-Eide Kbir with her family in January. I met another volunteer who had been working at the Errachidia camp and we spent the day hiking through the canyons along the road. To get out of the town of Boulmane and up to the gorges we took a transit, which is a kind of van stuffed with at least twenty people and usually with sheep on top. It was a beautiful ride up through the canyons, following a shallow river. When we saw the road start to leave the riverside and head up to higher ground we ... read more
April 16th 2006
Nicolas and I said our goodbyes at the Gorge (he was heading directly to Marrakech, I had a few stops before heading there) and I was in a grand taxi on my way to Boumalne du Dadès. This was a last minute decision; I had a couple of days to play with and really just wanted to go somewhere quiet and relax along the route I was traveling and this seemed to be the perfect spot. Nice town, not much to report as I just wandered around or hung out in the sun on the terrace of the hotel with my journal. There is another gorge here but never made it, too lazy! ... read more
