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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Going north along the coast, we stopped at Asilah, a nice coastal town, for a breakfast at the sea (Café Daya) and took a walk through the Medina. Further north lies a cave which felt a little bit like a rip-off. Foreigners pay Euro 8,- to walk into this cave, which is partly natural, partly
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North of Rabat, we had first stopped at the lagoon of Moulay Bousselham, where we could camp directly at the lagoon, in front of a restaurant, which served us a delicious seafood platter in the evening (34.869940, -6.279698). The next morning, Cordy went on a tour of the lagoon, looking for birds. Later we visited
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Rabat was a positive surprise to us. The capital of Morocco is a very green and beautiful city and has many interesting places to visit. We had found a paid parking just next to the walled Medina (34.024050, -6.841549), where we started our explorations, walking through the Medina on busy streets with many shops and
From Marrakech, it was an uneventful drive back to the coast and to Essaouira, just that it started to rain, when we reached the coast – the first time since about one year we were told. We went to a campsite (Villa Coriandre), where we waited for the rain to stop, and of course, the
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