Morocco: Saharan Desert

 

 

We traveled 200 miles westerly today, through the Atlas Mountains and Berber villages. Stopping for the night and eating dinner on the rooftop terrace, I once again encountered another thing that unites us: kids playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. #LoveTrumpsHate 

Ait BenHaddou
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Giant fortification, made up of six forts and nearly fifty palaces. Example of earthen clay architecture.

Many popular movies/tv shows have been filmed here. Game of Thrones, Prince of Persia, Gladiator, Mummy, etc.

Ait BenHaddou

  

 

 

 

Atlas Mountains

 

 

 

 

Sunset in Boumalne Dades, Morocco

 

 

         

 

 

Street life in Boumalne Dades, Morocco

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting ready to hit the Sahara Desert on our camels to catch the sunset. The landscape and architecture is unreal.

 

 

 

 

Well, my friends, today will go down as one of the most memorable days ever. I was able to ride a camel during sunrise and ride back to 11 hours to Marrakech through the vast and varying landscapes an crazy, tricky mountain roads.