Day 6 – 01/05/19 – Marrakech, Morocco
Marrakech train station.
Opera house.
Another Royal Palace?
Palooza Land (theme park).
Decathalon.
In the palm grove.
Oranges growing by the roadside.
Month: May 2019
Day 6 – 01/05/19 – Marrakech, Morocco
Day 5 – 30/04/19 – Sahara Desert to Marrakech, Morocco
Sculpture made out of bicycle wheels.
Koutoubia Mosque
Majorelle Garden
In the distance, the snow capped mountains.
Koutoubia Mosque again.
Moulay El Yazid Mosque, above the Saadian Tombs tombs.
Guards outside the Royal Palace.
Giant ant sculpture, climbing a phone mast, disguised as a palm tree.
Day 5 – 30/04/19 – Sahara Desert to Marrakech, Morocco
Day 4 – 29/04/19 – Dades Gorge to Sahara Desert, Morocco
Heading back out of the desert.
Our accommodation was a bit… posh.
Sunrise over the Sahara.
My camel.
Stop by the river on the way to Marrakech.
Day 4 – 29/04/19 – Dades Gorge to Sahara Desert, Morocco
Day 3 – 28/04/19 – Imil to Dades Gorge, Morocco
More inside the hotel.
The waterfall outside the hotel.
Monkey fingers, Dades Gorge.
Walk to the carpet seller.
(Mint) Tea time at the carpet seller.
Dades Gorge.
Rain storm in the Sahara Desert.
The camels getting ready.
Riding the camel.
In case of another dust storm.
Day 3 – 28/04/19 – Imil to Dades Gorge, Morocco
Day 2 – 27/04/19 – Mount Toubkal, Morocco
Leaving the snow covered mountains behind.
They’ve widened and straightened the road since I was last here.
View from Aït Benhaddou.
Most of the tour group.
Aït Benhaddou.
Rose sculpture at Kalaat M’Gouna – where they grow roses.
View from our hotel near the Dades Gorge.
Inside the hotel.
Day 2 – 27/04/19 – Mount Toubkal, Morocco
Day 1 – 26/04/19 – Mount Toubkal, Morocco
Final assent of Mount Toubkal, from the refuge to the summit. Starting before sunrise with a head torch.
Crampons are needed on the snow.
Heading to the ridge.
The summit is in sight.
Final approach.
At the top.
The view over the Atlas Mountains.
Other people on the way up.
Charlotte and myself at the top.
Heading back down.
In crampons again, in the snow
Back to the refuge for lunch.
Then down the valley to Imlil.
Day 1 – 26/04/19 – Mount Toubkal, Morocco
Setting off to climb Mount Toubkal. It’s a 2 day climb. Starting at Imlil, 1,800 meters above sea level, and walking up to the refuge at 3,200 meters. Then the next day to the summit at 4,167 meters and back down again to Imlil.
The snow capped Atlas mountains.
Looking back down at Imlil.
Going around the village of Aroumd.
Looking up at Toubkal.
Our bags going past on the mules.
At last the refuge – our home for the night.
Looking down the valley after 7 hours climbing.
Inside the refuge.
The sleeping arrangements are close.
Crampon fitting for the next day.
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