Our view . . . .

Looking out on the snowy mountains from our hotel. Being out of Marrakech is in a way a blessing, with the kids it is more relaxed and you have more space. This afternoon we are off to the busy life of the city. . . .

Hard to see

But an open fire in our room is very romantic . . Sleep tight and happy travels :) . . . Toon

Just passed the very snowy mountains . .

Very peculiar to in from the desert to the snow , luckily we passed the mountains in time before the new snowfall, they planned to close the road at 4 in the afternoon. How dangerous and slippery it was became clear when we so a truck that missed the curve. Most dangerous since it was loaded with gas. . . . Again the things we saw illustrate how hard life is, whether in the desert or the mountains and everything in between . . .

Our lunch on the way . .

In the middle of the mountains . .

On our way to Marrakech . .

The valley of old kasbahs . . . The fortresses of the old land lords . .

Beautifull garden . . .

Or wasted fertile for locals. Just found out that the owner is dutch. Have some mixed feelings about it: would rather stay with locally owned hotels to support the locals . . . .

From a dessert tent . . .

To a palace, a change that is much more than only the surroundings. You need to adjust all things . . The sounds , the people, the luxury, eating on a chair . . . . I miss the nomad life . . .

Moe maar voldaan . . .

We survived the storm and washed away all dust . . . Agnes feels like a princess again :) . . . On the way here we visited a poterie and the fields of grains and palmtrees . . . Now the riad : a strangly hidden but extremely beautifull hotel. The roads to the hotel are more like scenes from a warzone . . . Still feels very strange this world of contrasts . . Happy travels . . The gang

Just in time going back . .

A sandstorm just hit us . . . My god are we lucky to just get out by car . . . Strangly enough even in this weather we saw people on foot with a long walk of at least a day ahead . . . Only one guide in the car with us. The other is bringing back the camels : a 3 day walk . . .

refreshing stop..

Even a 30 litre tank need refillement..

Breaking up the camp

It rained last night . . . Very nice feeling . . . On our way back to city, will be strange to be among a crowd again . . .

Riens zijn grote zandbak . . .

Our camp place . .

In the middle of the dunes . . .

Going through the desert plains . . .