Drive across Souss-Massa & Mirleft

Driving across the Souss-Massa region was stunning.

We stopped briefly in Tiznit, the silver capital of Morocco. Aaron purchased a bracelet. Susanna chatted with a shop keeper and learned that Eid Al-Adha was coming. This festival remembers Abraham's sacrifice of a sheep instead of his son. Typically Muslims kill a sheep, sharing the meat with wider family and the poor. Months ago, the King banned the practice because of a seven-year drought in the country. The drought has reduced the number of sheep herds, while increasing the cost of meat. The King took this action to reduce the burden on families.

We arrived to the coast and the boys immediately wanted to surf. Thus began a number of fairly disappointing surf sessions (waves were poor), but they had fun none the less.Read more