COLD IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

We are in the apple capital of Morocco in the valley between the Middle and High Atlas and the weather has turn cold with the icy winds coming off the mountains.

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MONKEYING AROUND IN MIDELT

April 23rd 2009
DAY 5 We are once again traveling by private mini van up to the Middle Atlas Mountains (about 4 hours) and the area is populated with nomadic shepherds attending to their flocks. We travel through cedar forest and saw the Barbary Apes, North Africa's only monkey. We travel through the scenic valley between the Middle and the High Atlas ranges. We stopped for tea/coffee in a very modern Eu ... read more

Africa » 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... ... read more

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