With Sidi Ifni, we had finally reached the Atlantic Ocean again. The small town has a strong Spanish influence, as it was founded in 1934 by Spain as a military base. Roads, avenues, central squares, barracks, decorative buildings, hospitals and administrative buildings were constructed in the Art Deco style. Nearly 15,000 Spanish soldiers and military […]
After we had left our spot near the petroglyphs, we drove into Tata and from there continued west along the N7. Last time we had used a track from Pistenkuh.de, which took us through the Mansour Gorge. This time we opted for a route further north through the mountains, and it was at least as
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The Anti-Atlas lies between the Atlas mountains, and the Sahara, and we love its fantastic rock formations, which we had already enjoyed on our first trip. This time we drove from Aït Benhaddour south-west and stopped for the first night at a fantastic place, just below abandoned cave dwellings. (30.474717, -7.625234) The caves are nowadays
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After a rainy day, the Atlas mountains were covered with snow on the highest peaks, a beautiful sight. We drove along the mountains to Ouarzazate and further to Aït Benhaddou, where we found a lovely spot for the night above the river with great views of the old ksar. We met other travellers and postponed
We had a cold and very windy night up in the mountains at 2,500 metres, before we started our route through the Dadés gorges. We were close to Agoudal, from where we drove on a new tar road to one of the highest passes in the Altas, the Tizi n’Ouano with 2,900 metres. From here
We left Goulmima, to drive into the Atlas mountains. The locals had warned us, that rain was predicted for the end of the week. By then, we shouldn’t be driving on difficult roads any more. Two days to go, so we were good. Our route took us north to Amellagou and then west through a
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In Goulmima we found a nice campsite, and a guide who showed us the palm garden and the old ksar, where he was born. With Omar, we first walked through the palm garden. Between the palm trees, wheat and alfalfa is growing. The farmers were busy preparing their fields, as they will be flooded in
From our nice campsite, we drove in the direction of Missour, a little town where the mountains of the Middle Atlas end and the desert starts. We did this detour to get to some grids Edi wanted to activate for the ham radio community. On the way, we had some nice scenery and spotted some
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From Al Hoceïma, our most eastern point here in Morocco, we drove south through the Riff mountains up to about 1,400 metres, where we spent the night at the top of a mountain with great views in all direction. The third grid was activated here. The next day, we reached Taza, a big city at
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First we had booked a ferry for the afternoon (to avoid high waves), then the ferry had at least 1-hour delay, therefore it was already getting dark when we left the harbour in Tanger Med. But we found a good spot at the beach in the village nearby. The next day, we drove inland, past
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