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The highlight of the day, but not the most exciting part of it, was our tour of the underground Berber village of Icht. We were a group of French, Swiss, Dutch, German and English tourists, so our guide, Abdullah, spoke first in French and then played Google’s English translation through his portable speaker. The underground…
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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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There’s not much to say about today, as it was a travel day, so it’ll be a bit dull, sorry. There was thick fog for a couple of hours, as we whizzed back up the RN1 to Guelmim. We tried a Marjane supermarket, as that was all there was, but were very disappointed. I think…
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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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We’d stayed at Sidi Ifni for a good few days in 2023, while Denby was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder after hitting a tree stump in Tafroute and suffering lengthy repairs in Tiznit, so this time we decided that one night was enough. As we packed up, Rog got talking to a fellow Brit…
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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 woke to biblical rain storms and the forecast predicted they would continue all morning. It seemed like a good day to do our shopping hop to Agadir. I asked Rog, “Shall we do the boring route or the slightly dodgy one, given that it’s trousering it down?” I leave those of you who know…
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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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