Blogs from Ouarzazate, Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco, Africa
Mais uma vez em Ouarzazate, curtindo a familia
Published: May 13th 2012Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » Ouarzazate
May 11th 2012
Chegamos em Ouarzazate e fomos direto para a casa da Bedian, irma do Jamel. Ela tinha acabado de chegar de Rabat com os filhos. O quarto com malas abertas e ela bem cansada. O Jamel foi para o centro e eu fiquei em casa com a Bedian e as criancas. A conversacao eh uma risada soh, de todas as partes, pois uma parte eh em frances, a outra em arabe e a maior parte com gestos, mas a gente acaba se entendendo... Amigas dela vieram na casa e trouxeram couscous, pois como ela acabou de chegar de viagem, nao tinha comida em casa. Uma das mulheres me "sequestrou", ela mora na casa ao lado. Lah fui eu... Chegando na casa, 6 mulheres estavam lah, preparando cha e petiscos para eu provar. Come mais!!! Elas se matam ... read more
Ouarzazate, mais uma vez!!! Dormir ao luar, vodka...
Published: May 7th 2012Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » Ouarzazate
May 2nd 2012
Chegamos em Ouarzazate perto da meia-noite. Fomos na casa de um amigo dele, o Muda. Eh um quarto/sala, cozinha, banheiro, no terraco do predio. Dormimos 5 no quarto/sala. No dia seguinte fomos dar uma volta pelo centro da cidade. Aproveitamos para comprar vodka, sprite e gelo. Consegui comprar a bandeira do Marrocos para colocar na minha bolsa, pedi para um senhor costurar a bandeira do Marrocos e da Italia na bolsa. (As bandeiras significam os paises que visitei e que falo um pouco da lingua: Brasil (Portugues fluente, embora troco as bolas na hora de escrever), Nova Zelandia (Ingles fluente, e que tambem estou trocando as bolas na hora de escrever), China (falo um pouco de Chines, dah para me virar, o resto vai na lingua dos sinais), Italia (arranho no Italianes, uma mistura de Portugues ... read more
Dia em Ouarzazate, janta “italiana” e vestidos a moda berber
Published: April 23rd 2012Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » Ouarzazate
April 4th 2012
Fomos caminhando ateh o centro, uns 4km. Lindo!!! Montanhas cobertas com neve e montanhas de barro vermelho, no meio, a cidade. Demos caminhadas curtas pelo centro para eu tirar fotos. Caminhamos ao redor de onde foi filmado partes do filme Gladiador. Claro que antes de chegarmos lah tivemos que ser parados pela policia. Nao eh possivel um morador local ficar andando com estrangeiro, pois eles devem ter autorizacao de turismo. Eu sorrindo e Jamel explicando que eramos amigos, mesmo assim, o policial disse para irmos fazer a autorizacao no escritorio de turismo. Claro que nao fomos... bom, eu soh nao quero parar na cadeia por ser branquela no meio dos Marroquinos... hehehehe Almocamos pizza berber (que eh o povo originario do Marrocos). Eh um pao tipo Naan e colocam carne, temperos e fazem na chapa. Uma ... read more
Novo destino: Ouarzazate... a caminho do deserto - familia e vestidos a moda berber
Published: April 15th 2012Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » Ouarzazate
April 3rd 2012
Novo destino: Ouarzazate... a caminho do deserto Caminhei do hostel ateh a estacao de onibus, mais ou menos uns 4km. Cheguei e tive que despachar a mochila, ainda bem, pois estava BEM pesada. Peguei o onibus CTM, que geralmente atrasa soh um pouco, e realmente foram soh 15 minutos. O caminho ateh Ouarzazate eh incrivel. Montanhas com neve, pedras, muita terra vermelha, simplesmente incrivel. Na estrada estava chovendo bastante. Tivemos que passar duas pontes cobertas de agua barrenta. Ainda bem que a tia Sila nao estava junto, senao seria um panico total. Na segunda ponte pensei que nao seria possivel passar, pois tinha varios carros esperando quando chegamos. Ateh um senhor no onibus brincou: “acho que vamos ter que dormir no onibus”. Hehehehe otimo!!! Mas depois de uns 20minutos estava tudo ok e continuamos a jornada. ... read more
January 23rd 2012
Het ontbijt was vanmorgen pas vanaf 9 uur, dus konden we uitslapen. Aangezien we de enige gasten waren kregen we na het ontbijt een verplichte rondleiding langs de kippen uit Mexico en Canada, de schapen en hond. Esther mocht een jong lammetje de fles geven. Na een bezoek aan het terras en de moestuinen gingen we op pad. Een kleine jongen had zoals hij zelf zei op onze auto gepast langs de weg, dus gaven we hem een paar Dirham. De weg van vandaag voerde over de Tizi-n-Tichkapas naar de andere kant van de Hoge Atlas. De weg is in de jaren 20 van de vorige eeuw aangelegd door de Fransen en is de belangrijkste en enige doorgaande weg van Marrakech naar Ouarzazate. De weg voerde omhoog door de vallei, langs dorpjes, riviertjes en veel scherpe ... read more
jedziemy dalej
Published: April 4th 2011Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » Ouarzazate » Kelaat Mgouna
November 12th 2010
Day 7 We left behind Erfoud today and headed towards Ouarzazate, it's pronounced almost like 'what was that' We've been joking about it for a bit now, we've been told we're not far from Tim buck Too...lol... We had a beautiful spot for lunch in the Dades Valley, there was a neat restaurant right in the middle of the Gorges of the Dades, and we all walked over wooden planks to cross over the river to be able to enter into the restaurant. The views were very impressive....and the temperature was a bit chilly, 15 degrees maybe. Along our way we stopped a few times for photos, one of them was at a small village where they had many hand dug wells. They are all about 70 feet deep. The town had with a few locals ... read more
November 11th 2010
Day 6 We started our morning with a tour of a fossil mining company. We saw some lovely pieces of work that dates back some 200, 000, 00 years ago. It was a short visit then we met our guide for the morning. We travelled to a nearby village called Risanni, where we left the bus behind and went for a very interesting walk through their town market. What a way of life, and to see what these people do 3 times a week what pretty crazy. The town people would be buying all of their produce for the next couple days, many don't have hydro so no fridges for them to keep much more than a couple days worth of food. The fresh smells of the mint for sales was great, I purchased a stone ... read more
The Southern Oasis Routes
Published: November 1st 2010Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » Ouarzazate
October 27th 2010
The road twists and turns as the bus takes us up into the High Atlas mountains on the impressive Tizi-n-Tichka route to Ouarzazate (how do you like those z's?) The landscapes are varied and dramatic with high mountain passes, big rocky outcrops and switchback roads. Sprinkled along the roadside are small shops and stalls selling local fossils and geodes, ceramic pots and plates. It looks very dry but surprisingly we get heavy rain showers as we go through the pass, turning the rivers red with the local mud. On the other side we are into the pre-Sahara, an apparent wasteland of rock and scrub but we spot cultivation lines in numerous places. This area is full of kasbahs and ksours, many used as sets in well-known movies. The Moroccan King is visiting Ouarzazate this week, so ... read more
Sahara Sun and Moroccan Moon
Published: June 30th 2010Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » Ouarzazate
June 28th 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 filmed. Of course, listening to The Clash at the Kasbah is a definite must. Playing the song on my iPhone attracted other Aussies and we did a little dance of course. Australians have such a freedom of expression in the strangest places. No one else would do this so readily. It's the 'I don't care what anyone else thinks' frame of mind, I ... read more
