Kate crossing the river at Ait Ben Haddou

With the river swollen by the recent rains and impassable on foot, the locals were doing a brisk business ferrying tourists - including Kate - back and forth to the kasbah on horseback (10 dirham)

Over the High Atlas: Marrakech to Ouarzazate

February 28th 2008
After returning from a fresh 3-month renewal of our Moroccan visas in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, we wanted to spend as little time as possible in Marrakech and get back on the road. Outside of its famous medina, Marrakech is a large Europeanized city of vicious traffic and wicked dust storms, and on the whole held few attractions for us. We had already arranged a flight for Kate to her fam ... read more

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more

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