(continued from "Camper in Mauritania")
Diary 4 - Africa 2007 - The adventure continues ... - 28Feb07
Dear friends, after so much talk about in previous journals and having already 'ground over 1300 km to the north, we are now "resting" in Tiznit, friendly town about 120 km. south of Agadir and waiting to begin again the journey inward, we would like to see some pictures of sunrises and sunsets, which we were lucky enough to be able to capture with our modest equipment. Unfortunately we can only send a few via e-mail, with the hope that you come from, given the slowness of these connections ..
Greetings to all. W
l'Afrique
Mike and Anita
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Diary 5 - Africa 2007 - 11Mar07
Friends and relatives near and far, he said the famous .. ehehhh lamented after a long, relaxing break further to the south of Agadir, with a demanding and "hard" dolce far anything, increased from the usual, lunches and dinners indispensable foundation of all quality 'fish and having a birthday the other half (he completed 19 years and a half, but it does not want anybody tells you ...) the presence of many friends campers Italian, (here we all know by now), it was time to get back on the road, partly to prevent rust and entering into the knees of Morocco to visit the scenes of his much-vaunted montuosissima and while the eastern desert .
said than done. Greeted the Italian friends, some of whom had already 'visited the interior and others who wished to remain still on the beaches to take a tan, after a brief stop to refuel in Agadir for "Marjane" (more' or less like 'Euro market) stocks pared to the bone now, Come on ..... for about 390 km of Ouarzazate, quaint town, located in the High Atlas mountain range, (yet to snow, in which stands the Jebel Toubkal, the highest 'high Northern Africa with its 4,167 meters high).
Once in Taroudant, we made a stop for lunch with little visit to the Souq, where there was everything and more ', like so many others ..... indeed), but in a deadly heat ... and we're just in March sob!
In the evening we've been in the town of Tazenacht to 1300 meters, outside the headquarters of the Gendarmerie Royale, along with a nice pair of Brittany (75 years he and she 73) that it is also their own, when they saw the Our campers have come to get us excited for the company meeting night, exclaiming, "Ohhhh! Les italiennes!"
However, here and 'still all quiet and I keep saying that and' more 'safe from these parties in Europe .. too bad that petty crime' will come sooner or later 'even at these latitudes .... unfortunately).
For the record, this night, the thermometer, due to thermal excursion, and 'decreased by almost 20 degrees (from 32 to 12-13 days of the night).
The next morning, we reached Ait Ben Haddou, going to one of the most 'of the High Atlas and then stored Khasbe Ouarzazate, where you're writing.
Tomorrow we will visit the "Studios" sites where they shot some scenes
famous movies like "Gladiator" - "Star Wars" - "Laurence of Arabia" and many others, but for fans of "Reality Show" (God forbid!)
here have made the famous and, I say, seguitissima "The Farm" on Italy 1.
then continue more and more 'to the east (the Dades Gorge and Todra) a step to the south, Erg Chebbi - the famous dunes of Merzouga Sahara), then turn north again. The usual
our embrace. W
l'Afrique!! Michael and Anita
... continue ...
Diary 6 - Africa 2007 - Travel and 'almost finished ..... 28Mar07
After more than 650 km from Agadir, we arrived in Merzouga, right in the Berber territory, in the most 'south-eastern Morocco, (a few km hence, there is' the boundary of the "hated" (for Moroccans) Algeria.
now between the two countries, 'by more' than 25 years, although Islamic neighbors, they do not have 'it reports' ways of communication and the borders are closed, in fact, the locals tell us that the guards often is sparacchiano between them. A true absurdity '!
Cyber \u200b\u200bCafes from where you are now writing, has a window overlooking one of the most 'beautiful expanses of tall sand dunes of the Sahara (the most' high is estimated at more than 100/150 meters high) and that change color, depending
time of day. Believe us, a truly unique spectacle yesterday morning, we decided to climb. (Here the only danger, are the sandstorms that if unleashed, forcing the star enclosed in a camper (or run in hotels) for at least 2-3 days.
Hopefully we do not have to ever try, why, and there 'is richly explained,' as if you were in front parasse an insurmountable wall of sand in suspension accompanied and followed by strong wind, from which you can not see more than 10 cm from their eyes.
Before coming down here ', we crossed the plateau Moroccan running between 1300 and 1700 meters from south of the Atlas Mountains, visiting the deep gorges of Dades
and especially that of Todra.
While those in the Dades, the various valleys of the immense rock formations, have a vague resemblance to those of the Arizona desert and ending at the bottom of a real Grand Canyon, Todra ones, develop in high and narrow walls, where the river has the same name here " dug in the mountains, creating these massive fractures.
The Todra Gorge, which we walked for about 30 km only in motion, 'cause the "road / track / path", following the great flood of two years ago, in many places and' semplicementesparita, starts from 1300 m . reaches over 2000 meters. high (.. freezing cold).
For the record, we did just in time to return to camp, and that 'a storm water discharged, lasted all night.
Once in Ouarzazate, we learned about a real Emir of Abu Dhabi (Persian Gulf), who also now "poor retired" (?) To guess about forty years, has seen fit to bought a Camperone from 300,000 € (you know c'omè: "ghe there in the Dane Milanese them 'we are the money) and we visited as Africa.
The only (significant) difference from us, it was that "The Sciura" unable to detach from the privileges of his rank, he brought with him among young wives of his "harem" and several servants, about 15-20 people, who were sleeping in different tents, all specially fitted around his camperone . (Perhaps in every tent, there was flashed to mind, there could be a wife ... who knows', and always joking with some friends, we imagined what could happen if, wrong and broken into qualc'una of them, we could to give a "help" the emir .. ehehhhhhhhh!!.
Of course our wives, so they 'said the supposed "help" ...
dreams of old greedy ..... ahahhhhh! !
Good.
We think this, our last "Journal" for this year (actually 'after the attack on the Cyber \u200b\u200bCafe' in Casablanca on Sunday, which resulted (thankfully) the death of only terrorist and who 'blew up, as in Baghdad, and some wounded, did not want more 'enter the Internet Point to write, but the desire to see and talk over the Web with our beautiful niece Marta, made us take the risk .... and therefore we have the opportunity to write the latter travel impressions.
now missing a dozen days to return, having already 'over 2 months in Africa.
after tomorrow's start time to the city 'Imperial Fez (about 400 miles north) and then visit Volubilis, the extreme occidendale site of the Roman Empire.
In the rest of our trip, perhaps toccheremoTetouan to finally reach the port of Tangier, for boarding.
We hope, however, I did share, even to you, a bit 'of Our Africa.
The final hug to everyone. Michael & Anita
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