Published: January 20th 2006January 3rd 2006
Imlil and Kasbah Toubkal
We arranged a day tour through Kasbah Toubkal. This was a fantastic day, not only for the sights but also because the tour was so well run. At the end of our tour, Elaine dismounted awkwardly from her mule, and badly strained the ligaments in her left knee. Even with that, we thought that this was the best day of the tour for what we did and saw, even if it was also the worst.
Some more descriptive stuff to come. For now, it is just the photos.
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GOM. Only partially domesticated. Married to Elaine. Seperately they have five kids, all now adults - or at least maintaining the pretence. Doug hopes to tread lightly on at least a little bit of every continent, and only has one left to visit. Elaine wants to shop in every major shopping centre in the world, and is still well short of the mark.
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Interior of our room.
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Interior of our room.
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View from our room
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View from our room.
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Early morning street activity.
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On the road to Imlil
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On the road to Imlil
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On the road to Imlil
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This is not the culprit mule, the one at the back is!
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Kasbah Toubkal - our lunchtime destination.
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Still going strong
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Even here there was advertising, of a sort.
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Another view of Kasbah Toubkal
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Track down to Kasbah Toubkal - and we have to get across to that at some stage.
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View of Toubkal, the highest mountain in north Africa.
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Elaine gave up on the donkey after several refreshing cups of mint tea.
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Coming down towards Kasbah Toubkal
Kasbah Toubkal
Overlooking Imlil village
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Views from the Kasbah
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Lunch on the Kasbah roof.
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Lunch on the Kasbah roof.
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Going back to the village after lunch
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Elaine with our guide and driver
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Scenery
Doug - the scenery looks wonderful and quite makes me want to go trekking there.
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