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Author: Rog
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Thursday was mainly a travel day. We drove up the Draa Valley. It’s very green and every settlement is surrounded by fields of date palms. Some of the older towns are falling into disrepair though. You might think this is hundreds of years old. It may be but also it might just be tens of…
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After yesterday’s brush with annoying guides, Jane warned me that today might be worse. We’re now in a part of Morocco that has Sights To See and day trips from Marrakesh. But first an early walk across the rock fields for Flynn. We went a bit further than we intended so it was late before…
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Camping Palmier wasn’t our kind of place but it did have good facilities. For one, the water pressure was good so we filled Jones to the brim in less than an all day. The French who stay at these places are pathological about not moving the van once they’re in so, as we refilled, all…
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The weather when we woke was very weird. Low sun underneath thick clouds on the horizon, blue skies above and mist on the nearby hills. It made for a good colour show. The rainbow felt very close. We braved walking flynn through the low clouds and then set off for the village of Amtdi with…
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Well, who would have thought we’d have a quote from somewhat niche San Francisco punks The Dead Kennedys in here. Wait. Flynn got his walk up into the desert towards the mountains. The route wasn’t very inspiring but the camels were plentiful. From there back towards the coast. We’re about as far south as we’re going…
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Well, obviously the hilight of the day is this: Captain Paul is a friend from the internet we’ve never actually met in person. Above he’s actually sitting in Jones. He ame down from (his camp site) on high to deliver a sacred artefact: We exchanged the cactus sculpture for a cursed Morocco hat a fine beanie which…
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We left Tafraout for Tiznit on a cold and threatening-rain-but-not-actually-rainy morning. Last time we attempted this drive Denby had a red engine light on and we had to cross the 1800m pass in limp mode at 30mph. Luckily we were accompanied by a mechanic from Tiznit incase of actual breakdown. This time the speeds weren’t…
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The lonely planet rather floridly describes the Ameln Valley as having “26 villages strung out like pearls along a straightish river bed, beneath a curtain of granite to the north”. We were up to see a few of them. Our planning app said 8km but we were aware that our last walk up the mountain…
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