Todra Gorge

To cover the 200 km between Merzouga and the gorge, we are on the road from 9am to 6pm.
The old me can hardly imagine how slowly we are progressing, the new me has already come to terms with it.
Our route is Merzouga - Rissani - (Erfoud) - Errachidia - Tinghir and into the gorge. Four or five changes drag out the day, as we have to wait about an hour each time until our shared taxi is full. Whew.
So far, the transport has always gone quite well, but Ramadan has just started and many people not only abstain from eating and drinking during the day, but also from the pleasure of travelling - and the taxis fill up very slowly.
All right, with my bike it would have taken me about three days to cover the same distance.

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