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After our visit to the Sahara at Erg Chegaga, we chose our route to the eastern side of the High Atlas, based on our desire to visit Fes. Rog in particular has been very keen, parroting “largest pedestrianised urban area in the world” whenever anyone so much as starts a word “Fe…” So we made…
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Today we bit off a bit more than we could chew. We’re heading to Fez over the next couple of days with a break at the middle of nowhere. But first servicing… The local dogs came round and asked for some of Flynn’s food. Of course I’m not allowed to give them that but they…
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Today was very much a travel day – we set off early and drove east to Meski, with only two stops – bread and walking Flynn. We are only allowed two months away from home before our house’s insurance company throw their hands in the air, deny us insurance, and invite the local arsonists round with…
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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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Today was all about the Sahara. At nine am, we were picked up from Camping Auberge La Khaima – which we definitely recommend, as there’s lots of space under the palm trees and each pitch gets a charcoal fired oven, sink and kitchen prep area. Our mode of transport today was a Toyota land-cruiser 4WD…
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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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We got up soon after the sun rose to make the most of the low light on the dunes. We’re camped in quite an extensive range of low sand dunes north of Foum Zguid, with views of the dark, distant mountains. The dunes border a desert area that’s more like most of that we’ve driven…
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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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