Blogs from Tafraoute, Souss, Morocco, Africa

Tafraout, Anti Atlas, Morocco December 2018 – January 2019 “You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.” Pema Chödrön “Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you.” Neil Finn, Crowded House “Loneliness is the human condition.. that.. tunnels into you .. and.. allows your soul room to grow.” Janet Fitch “I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone.” Robin Williams Tafraout (30.47028 -8.87695) is a small regional centre in Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa region of Morocco, in the central part of the Anti-Atlas mountains. It is 386 km south of Marrakesh. The population is around 6,000. It's off the main tourist route but is be... read more

PIekne jest Maroko. Potrzeba czasu na przemierzanie tych zachwycajacych krajobrazow, poznawanie ludzi i fajnie ze go mamy. Kazdy dzien niesie tyle wrazen, ze zdaje sie jakbym wyjechala z domu pol roku temu. Podroz nie meczy ale wciaga i zachwyca coraz bardziej . Im wiecej roznorodnosci poznanych w drodze, tym wieksza ochota i ciekawosc spotykania nastepnych miejsc, obyczajow, twarzy, smakow. Ostatnie 3tyg spotykalismy tylko miejscowych, w ostatnich dniach widujemy juz coraz wiecej europejskich twarzy( Pozdrawiamy serdecznie Ele i MAriusza;) Jestesmy w pieknym masywie Antyatlasu. Wioska Tafraut posrod skal, okolica robi niesamowite wrazenie. Dziwne, ale pierwszy raz dzis wystawilam sie do slonca (dotad nosilismy wszystko z dlugimi rekawami i nogawkami chroniac sie przed sloncem i tutejszym obyczajem) Wioska niedaleko Agadiru, ale z dala od zgielku i tlumow. Nie mam weny od ki... read more

Hotel Atlas was one of our more expensive choices for Morocco, but the promise of a "fantastic spread" for breakfast swayed the decision. Hah ! They brought out an omelette with chicken in even though I said I was vegetarian. We did get a nice pancakey thing, but it was burnt and cold, and the basket of bread was stale. Once we had finished we asked when the next bus to Tiznit was and he said in ten minutes. We dashed to the stop only to find we had missed it. A grand taxi was waiting with three other passengers who had obviously just missed the bus. We thought we were going to be lucky and just have the backseat for three of us, but just at the last minute another person arrived and we were ... read more