Blogs from El Kelaa M'Gouna, Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco, Africa

Rose Valley: Hikes and Delicious Berber Food

Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » El Kelaa M'Gouna September 17th 2018

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect – Paul Theroux We got up about 6:30 this morning, to be ready for breakfast at 7:30, so we could leave at 8. I got my clothes out, put the shampoo etc in the shower in preparation for the shower I was very much looking forward to having, turned on the tap … nothing. Umm, isn’t there supposed to be water coming out? It started trickling out, then gave up entirely. The tap in the sink also gave up so we were completely waterless. I had a quick rinse at the Sahara camp, but that was it so I really wanted a shower this morning. Susan called Abdul to tell him about the lack of water, and we checked to see if nearby empty rooms had water. No luck. One ... read more

Of all the Kasbahs ... and adventures with camels!

Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » El Kelaa M'Gouna September 16th 2018

On the drive

Waddads Travel

I am typing this in our room at the Ksar Kaissar hotel near M’Goun in the Rose Valley. We switched from our crappy small room to a crappy larger room. We passed thousands of kasbahs today (extended family homes) and so we made a joke with our fellow travellers about this subpar hotel and that surely, in this land of 1000 kasbahs, we couldn’t find a better place to stay. Of all the kasbahs in all the world, we had to stay in this one! Anyway, despite the crappy hotel, we have had a great last few days. After we left Midelt we had a fairly long travel day working our way to our desert camp in the Sahara. We continued travelling through the Mid-Atlas mountains, heading to the desert. We went through hilly terrain where ... read more

Up and Over the Atlas

Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » El Kelaa M'Gouna February 23rd 2006

Transportation Choices

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My first trip over the Atlas to Ouarzazat proved to be quite eventful. The road from Marrakech to Oz (as we affectionately refer to Ouarzazat) is famous. During L-Eide I saw report after report on the news about people being stuck on the road overnight in the snow. Everybody talked about what a horrible road it is. So I wasn’t too surprised when the bus stopped on the side of the road not far out of Marrakech in a jam of full busses, trucks and cars. The pass was closed and nobody seemed to know when it might open. I settled down to nap, thinking that if it didn’t open by 2 or 3 in the afternoon I had no way of making it over the pass by nightfall and I would have to go back ... read more

Brief history of Morocco

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...more history

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