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Oasis from afar

On the road to Marrakesh

November 22nd 2012
We've been on the road for several days, have camped in moon scapes equally barren and cold and seen the snow high in the Atlas mountains blush pink in the early morning glow. Numbed to the incessant bartering ive flead to the heights of a Berber village in the cliffs above Toudra gorge and had the best mint tea ever at the side of the road with Mahommed and Mahommed. Sitting on the thro ... read more
Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz

Moroccan Flag 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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