Category Archives: Travels

Ouarzazate to Marrakech

Posted on October 24, 2026 by debbie

Pickup is at 8:15 today as we are stopping at Ait Ben Haddou on the way back to Marrakech and it is a major tourist stop. We want to beat the crowds.  Ait Ben Haddou is a kasbah (fortified village) … Continue reading →

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Skoura to Todgha and Dades Gorges to Ouarzazate

Posted on October 23, 2026 by debbie

Todgha Gorge and Dades Gorge are where we are headed today. As we start to drive east of Skoura, we see fresh snow high up in the Atlas Mountains.  Todgha Gorge is about 140 km from Skoura, but at the … Continue reading →

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Marrakech to Skoura

Posted on October 22, 2026 by debbie

We jump in a Toyota Land Cruiser at 9:15 with the same driver that drove us from Fes to Marrakech. Today, the destination is Skoura, via Demnate and over the High Atlas Mountains. The drive starts out through the same … Continue reading →

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Marrakech

Posted on October 21, 2026 by debbie

Marrakech is a tourist Mecca and it is unbelievable just how many tourists there are here. We get dismayed by the numbers and immediately head outside the walls of the Medina.  We walk towards an area called Gueliz, where there … Continue reading →

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Fes to Marrakech

Posted on October 20, 2026 by murray

Eleven and a half hours since leaving Fes we arrive at our riad in Marrakech. The paradigm changes in Fes. Cars have the absolute right of way although walk lights at the street corner are somewhat effective, credit cards are … Continue reading →

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Fes

Posted on October 19, 2026 by debbie

There are Art Deco buildings in downtown Fes, so we venture outside the Medina. A 10 minute Petit Taxi ride for 15 MAD (about $2.00 Cdn) takes us to the Grand Hotel. I had envisioned an operational hotel in all … Continue reading →

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Eat Your Share

Posted on October 18, 2026 by murray

We seem to have seen an inordinate number of olive trees the last few weeks. Albania was covered in them and after travelling around Morocco, I would think that olives are one of the main crops here. These two countries … Continue reading →

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Volubilis and Meknes

Posted on October 18, 2026 by debbie

The ruins of Volubilis are about 60 km west of Fes. The area was first developed in the 2nd century BC by the Berbers and the Carthaginians. Then around the 2nd century AD the Romans developed more of the area, … Continue reading →

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Fes

Posted on October 17, 2026 by murray

Arriving in Fes on Friday, everything is closed for Jumu’ah. It’s dark and spooky – almost scary. There are more hustlers here than other places and they are more aggressive. La Shukran works but they still try one more time. … Continue reading →

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Chefchaouen to Fes

Posted on October 16, 2026 by murray

The saying goes ‘it is not about the destination; it is about the journey.’ Today it was about the journey. We are in Chefchaouen, our goal, Fes. We could have taken the bus, inexpensive and fast, travelling along the national … Continue reading →

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