Middle Atlas Mountains

The Atlas Mountains separate the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The Middle Atlas mountains have rain and countless water springs, bringing so much life to the land.

The sheepherder we met on our walk taught us a few things:
- Soccer is Morocco's true spiritual passion
- Yes, most of the sheepherders are passing the time by watching Instagram
- The reason we couldn't communicate with most of the people in Guigou is that they don't speak French or Arabic; they speak Tamazight, the language of the Amazigh people
- For hundreds of years, Jewish people lived in Guigou, prior to a country-wide massive emigration to Israel in the 1960sLæs mere