Tag Archives: Morocco Any visitor to these pages knows I love hiking. But, if the truth be told, I don’t always love it while I’m doing it! I discovered very quickly that there is nothing easy about hiking in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The ground is steep, covered in rubble, strewn in rubbish, and dotted with […]  I’m sure I’m not alone in drawing parallels between the end of the year and the end of a day. And, seeing camel trains always makes me think of the Christmas story of the three wise men. This year, my gift to myself was a trip to one of my long-time dream-destinations: Morocco. My three […]  The High Atlas Mountains in central Morocco rise from the Atlantic coast and stretch east to the Moroccan-Algerian border. This is a rugged landscape, inhabited by hardy Berbers – more properly called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, meaning ‘Free Person’ or ‘Free People’. They live in small villages with narrow lanes lined with traditional […] |
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