"I did not see the things I expected to... but I also saw and experienced things I never expected to..."
Tag: Morocco
Morocco 2017: Berber Girl in the High Atlas – The Director’s Cut
Where Berber Girl finds a suitable summer home in the High Atlas, and suffers a shopping fail in Marrakech...
Morocco 2017: Postcards from Marrakech – The Director’s Cut
Where we visit YSL's memorial, the Musee Berbere and Majorelle Gardens before spending an evening in the Jemaa el Fna.
Morocco 2017: A GPS Fail – The Director’s Cut
We drive down a street so narrower that we wonder how much paint we're going to lose. Doug's GPS isn't matching the streets. We call the hotel again, who offers to send a guide...
Morocco 2017: Atlas Film Studio – The Director’s Cut
The Atlas Film Studio is the second largest in the world, and the site of some of my favorite movies including Kingdom of Heaven. What a treat it was to tour ...
Morocco 2017: Kasbah Taourirt and Ksar Ait Ben Haddou – The Director’s Cut –
We'll log 200 miles today, leaving Skoura for another kasbah, a castle, and a film studio...
Morocco 2017: Skoura and the Kasbah Amridil – The Director’s Cut
We head to Skoura, where we would visit a 17th century citadel, and I would fall in love ... with a loom!
Morocco 2017: The Todra Gorge and the Ikelane Mosque – The Director’s Cut
Today we visit the stunning Todra Gorge, and an abandoned mosque in Tingher.
Morocco 2017: Tinghir and Tomboctou – The Director’s Cut
One last short camel ride in the Red Dunes, before continuing on to Tingher and Tomboctu.
Morocco 2017: Into the Red Dunes – The Director’s Cut
Today's the day! My camel trek into the Red Dunes of Erg Chebbi - part of the Western Sahara and the tallest sand dunes in Morocco.