May 16, 2008 - Marrakesh to Ouarzazate

Hello all, We left Marrakesh this morning and travelled to Ouarzazate via bus through the Tizi n Tichka pass, 2260 m altitude. ... We will also travel south to Zagora to see the sights before we return to Ouarzazate for the night. ... Our next stop after Ouarzazate will be Merzouga via Er Rachidia. ...

Jan 29, 2008 - Its a long hard road

It’s a long hard road, but we’re gunna get there. I spent the entire morning haggling with mini bus drivers and finally got one to agree to drive us to Ouarzazate for 950drm ($140). ... We arrived in Ouarzazate in the dark and dragged our luggage and grizzling kids to the first overpriced flea pit we could find and crashed for the night. ... (Note to self – In the mountains, where there is snow, it is cold, so always ask if rooms have heating.It’s a long hard road, but we’re gunna get there. I spent the entire morning haggling with mini bus drivers and finally got one to agree to drive us to Ouarzazate for 950drm ($140). ... We arrived in Ouarzazate in the dark and dragged our luggage and grizzling kids to the first overpriced flea pit we could find and crashed for the night. ... (Note to self – In the mountains, where there is snow, it is cold, so always ask if rooms have heating....

Jan 8, 2008 - Ouarzazate

Unfortunately the two options to Ouarzazate (which I can't pronounce and can be typed entirely on the top row of keys on a French keyboard) were 7am and 3:45pm neither of which were ideal. ... It was 9:30 by the time I arrived in Ouarzazate and I had a very numb bum, unfortunately I made a bit of a tit of myself on the main street, I was looking up for the hotel sign when I walked into a pothole and ended up tumbling down the road. ... Ouarzazate is as dull as the base of a witches pot, but it does have a picturesque Kasbah and good views to the hills. ...

Oct 18, 2007 - Ouarzazate

Woops! Didnt make it to Marrakesh.Woops! Didnt make it to Marrakesh....

May 17, 2007 - Quazazate

Thursday started with a wonderful 2 hour walk in another and quite different oasis near Quarzazate.Thursday started with a wonderful 2 hour walk in another and quite different oasis near Quarzazate....

Jun 12, 2006 - Visite de sites autour de Marrakesh et de Ouerzazate

Nous avons passé les derniers jours à visiter d'autres sites à l'intérieur de la medina (vieille ville emmurée) et aussi dans les environs de Marrakesh. Hier, nous avons aussi pris un chauffeur avec 4x4 climatisé (un vrai luxe), et on a fait une randonnee de 176 km vers Ouarzazate. ... La route taverse l'Atlas, une chaîne de montagnes, et le désert.Nous avons passé les derniers jours à visiter d'autres sites à l'intérieur de la medina (vieille ville emmurée) et aussi dans les environs de Marrakesh. Hier, nous avons aussi pris un chauffeur avec 4x4 climatisé (un vrai luxe), et on a fait une randonnee de 176 km vers Ouarzazate. ... La route taverse l'Atlas, une chaîne de montagnes, et le désert....

May 25, 2006 - Dades gorge

This place is pretty rad.This place is pretty rad....

May 9, 2006 - Ouarzazate

Hi Everyone, Well today was amazing! We left early to go to the Sahara Desert and saw some sites on the way; We crossed the Atlas Mountains and that was quite hair rising! We then went onto some Berber Villages and markets.Hi Everyone, Well today was amazing! We left early to go to the Sahara Desert and saw some sites on the way; We crossed the Atlas Mountains and that was quite hair rising! We then went onto some Berber Villages and markets....

Oct 29, 2005 - Ouazarzate

A good nights' sleep and we were off back through the gorge and turning northeast until we reached a road heading into the Dades Gorge- different from the Todra Gorge, with amazing rock formations, dusky pink villages and again a lush green line threading its way along the gorge valley following a river.A good nights' sleep and we were off back through the gorge and turning northeast until we reached a road heading into the Dades Gorge- different from the Todra Gorge, with amazing rock formations, dusky pink villages and again a lush green line threading its way along the gorge valley following a river....

Jun 1, 2005 - Marrakesh etc

Well, the trip didn't get off to the best start.Well, the trip didn't get off to the best start....

Feb 1, 2005 - Ouarzazate

Morocco has been great, somatically, aesthetically, culturally and viscerally different, engaging and educational. Found a 3 day tour to Ouarzazate and beyond at about 1/3 the price of most of the other tours in town. ... We did stop in Ouarzazate, where Laurence of Arabia was filmed. ... (Amazingly, we watched it on tv the night we got back from this trip!) We wandered into the Medina and soon found the old Synagogue, now a Jewish / Islamic museum, and met a man in Tuareg dress whose family owned it since the Jews left in the mid 1930's.Morocco has been great, somatically, aesthetically, culturally and viscerally different, engaging and educational. Found a 3 day tour to Ouarzazate and beyond at about 1/3 the price of most of the other tours in town. ... We did stop in Ouarzazate, where Laurence of Arabia was filmed. ... (Amazingly, we watched it on tv the night we got back from this trip!) We wandered into the Medina and soon found the old Synagogue, now a Jewish / Islamic museum, and met a man in Tuareg dress whose family owned it since the Jews left in the mid 1930's....

Jan 29, 2005 - Marrakesh - Ouarzazate

We decided to take a 3 day trip out to the Sahara from Marrakesh. Our group of 11 (4 Chileans, 2 Aussies, 2 Japanese, 1 French lady, and us) started out super early in the morning and the route took us south through the mountain passes of the High Atlas to Ouarzazate. ... There was plenty of snow on the road and oddly enough, though we were in the middle of no where, high in the mountains, there were people walking on the side of the road.We decided to take a 3 day trip out to the Sahara from Marrakesh. Our group of 11 (4 Chileans, 2 Aussies, 2 Japanese, 1 French lady, and us) started out super early in the morning and the route took us south through the mountain passes of the High Atlas to Ouarzazate. ... There was plenty of snow on the road and oddly enough, though we were in the middle of no where, high in the mountains, there were people walking on the side of the road....