Sahara Sun and Moroccan Moon

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June 28th 2010

Published: June 30th 2010

Panorama Dwarfed by the Dune Day 101-103 ....a three day tour, a three day tour. (sung to the Gilligan's Island jingle) A trip to Morocco would be incomplete without a visit to the Sahara. And I planned this trip to be in the desert for the full moon on 26th June. The tour took us through valleys and gorges, THE kasbah and village (Ben Haddou) where some of the scenes from Gladiator were film... Read Full Entry

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Lynneelou

The Dangling Carrot

Time to update my profile. (12/1/12) Life is one big adventure. I know someone of note has said something like this in the past. I am a convert to the Big Adventure. I have spent my first 42 years in a conventional vacuum. What I considered was a normal conventional life was sucking the life out of me. It's 4 years ago now that I decided to leave the 'norm' and I suppose now I have become a bit of an ' itinerant '. Not a label that businesses, financial institutions and Government departments have in the permanent address field on paperwork. I have explored a small percentage ... full info

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Through the valley

Dades Gorge

The road along the gorge. Our hotel is at the far end of the visible river bend

Beautiful sky over the rim

Outside my window

the rock face from the dining room

'Australia! Get in the car, we go now!'

Bee Farm

Put Stefano to work in the field

The Palmery

Across the fields of alfalfa to the Date palms

Yes, I am carrying this on my back

Stuck in a rug making establishment.

We were offered mint tea, an explanation of the quality of the rugs and ushered out the door very quickly when they realised we weren't interested in buying. Oh well, you get that!

It's difficult to see where the village ends and the mountain begins.

The locals enjoyed a cooling dip!

Refreshing clear mountain water

I just wanted to jump in...but 'Australia, no time, vamenos!'

Crikey, it's hot here.

Next...a visit to a fossil store.

They cut the marble in sections and polish up the exposed fossils to create table tops, vanity basins, and just about anything else for the home.

Riding on the roof for the last 10 kms to the desert.

What fun!

Waiting for everyone to be loaded up.

Did you know that camels make a noise that sounds like "oh no, not another fat tourist on my back again"

The lady with the umbrella again.

She gets around.

Following Mohammed

Right about now, I feel like the only one here. I'm listening to Enya's 'Now we are free' from Gladiator. What an amazing place!

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