up we go!

ooooh, we were so looking forward to start iur little trek: Today we had to walk to the refuge at 3220m above sea level. Since we would come back after to nighrs to the Imlil lodge we could leave some stuff there. Still, we had a lot. Christoph had a lot of fancy stuff like water filter, solar panals, lights, we had our own matresses, war sleeping bags, anyway, just a lot. Luckily a nice mule would carry that up for us. We only had our day pack with already filtered water from yesterday (to use a bit less plastic and honestly, it is quite cool to be able to do get your own drinking water with a ceramic filter). We were lucky with the weather and started around nine-ish. In the village of Brahim we met some other trekkers that haven’t known that everybody needed a guide to go up Mount Toubkal. One or two years ago two women were killed in a remote place in the area. Since then there is the obligation of a guide. Some said it is just to make money and not for security - but even then, it is not that there are many jobs here so at least money comes to the valley. The guide-less trekkers were quickly equipped with one and the price was quickly set and off they went, too. We walked on a very wide track, easy going up to the lunchplace at 2300m. There is a white stone which is a holy place for the muslim so quite popular to go there. Now there were also some houses were they would sell food and souvenirs. After lunch we continued our trek up and arrived at the refuge at around 4. Why hurry; up there not much to do. We met the German couple again that went up to Mt. Toubkal today. We went to our dormitory and settled in. Thanks to the stuff we brought (or better Christoph) it looked cozy and inviting. After diner we went outside watching stars. Fabulous!Read more