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Drum lesson and Moroccan graveyard
May 12, 2023 in Morocco ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
On the way out to the camp in the Sahara, had a drum lesson, and danced to some tribal beats. Then visited a Moroccan graveyard, where they bury their dead outside the walls of the village and mark them with large rocks instead of ornate headstones. The length of coffins are appropriate for the body size, but every single person that is buried has the same width, which is two hands and four fingers.Read more
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Nomad family visit
May 12, 2023 in Morocco ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
On the way out to the Sahara we stopped again in our 4x4s and had tea and bread with a nomadic family. We all got under a giant tent that was lined with carpets, and the roof was woven wool from their camels. There is a permanent structure that's their home base that they come back to, but they spend all of the grazing season pushing their sheep and goats to fertile land. At one point the mom told the daughter to go chase one of their donkeys out of a water bucket and he was not very happy. They have to track a mile to get water so they ration it accordingly. The wife showed us how she combs sheared camel hair with these two large paddle combs. Then she rolls clumps of it into thin cylinders, and then works it with her two fingers to work it even thinner into a thread which she ties around a spool. Super cool.Read more
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Date farm
May 12, 2023 in Morocco ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
After dinner at the camp in the Sahara, we visited a date farm and Oasis that was started in 1985. This guy was super happy, and seemed to really enjoy showing us all of his trees, making us guess at all the almond, pomegranate, avocado trees, and tons of other things. He has one male palm tree and he uses it to fertilize all of his female palm trees which he does by hand for each individual cluster! One male can serve up to 150 females. He climbed straight up in his sandals and bare hands to demonstrate, it was crazy. He irrigates with drip irrigation, that apparently is turned on back at his house, it was cute because he called on his cell phone to have somebody turn it on so he could demonstrate. His alfalfa was beautiful, and I think I'm going to try to grow it when I get back for our horses.Read more
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Sahara dune sunset
May 12, 2023 in Morocco ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
After the date farm, our guide drove us deep into the dunes, and we got to hike up a baby dune. The sand is so soft. You had to go really fast or you would sink in, several of us. Had to get on all fours to get to the top. There was a rainstorm off in the distance so that was a cool thing to watch. Very beautiful, fantastic place to watch the sunset! To get down. It was pretty steep so we did a berber sled (?) where three of us locked legs and arms in our guide ran backwards pulling us down. It was hilarious, everyone got sand all up in their shirts and pants. We were so far away from the closest village, yet two little girls ran over to us from I don't know where to sell us some handmade camels. They were very sweet.Read more
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Tent in the Sahara
May 13, 2023 in Morocco ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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Drum lesson and Moroccan graveyard

Nomad family visit

Date farm

Sahara dune sunset

Tent in the Sahara