Month: April 2025

No, not really heading for Mali but we did pass a brilliant road sign in Zagora today …presumably that means by camel. Following the Drâa Valley this morning, we headed south on what eventually becomes a dead end road as

Drove up the road to Aït Benhaddou this morning and managed to park in a big spacious car park. Still had to be guided in by a ‘guide’ though! When asked how much?He said “Oh comme ci comme ça”“Is there

Back down the hill this morning, with the aim of getting to Carrefour in Ouarzazate to restock the fridge. By the time we rolled in to this huge sprawl of a town, we had other problems. The sensor telling us

Woken up by the clucking cock a doodle doos this morning, which is a nice way to wake up, but it was so cold as the sun hadn’t reached down into the gorge yet.Drove down the zig-zags looking for the

Up early ..something to do with the altitude we think.Guy checked the tyres first thing, as yesterday, when we returned from our walk, two young lads were hanging around the van. We think they let a load of air out

After a quiet night, we had a walk back down through the narrowest part of the gorge this morning. Many coaches were coming in and there wasn’t much room to walk.We heard a guide call his group back to the

Pulled ourselves reluctantly away from the desert this morning, only to drive through a different kind of desert …the flat black hammada.There were a few camels roaming loose around the roads. Most of them looked quite old – I wonder

Thought we’d move a bit further down the road through Merzouga today. The dunes looked like they were higher here, so thought it might be worth looking at from a different perspective.We de-toured along the way to a lake, but