We got a lift over the mountains from Ain Leuh to Les Sources del Oum er Rbai with Big Mo in his spacious mercedes. It was our first experience of the Middle Atlas, and I was surprised how many pine trees and stone walls there were at first. Sort of like a dry version of Scotland. After a while this gave way to drier, open landscape full of goats and berber herders, grouped around wells. The Sources de L’Oum er Rbai (Morocco’s longest river) are made up of 45 cool springs, which in summer is a great respite from the heat. They are in a narrow gorge, and terraces have been built into the gorge lined with carpets where we sprawled for hours, eating and chatting with Big Mo. The river is also good for swimming
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