Drive to High Atlas Mountains

Our room last night was a fixed tent type of structure with a metal double bed, with the heaviest blanket ever and over stuffed boulder like pillows.
The bed was comfy and the blanket lovely and warm, but my brain was wired when I went to bed and I couldn't sleep for ages. Even though I was so tired after the very long travelling day before.
We had to be ready to ride the camels back at 6 30, so got up at 6. There seemed no organisation, Mo our guide was not about and there was no tea or anything. We were having breakfast back at the hotel where we met the camels.

The ride back was lovely the full moon was still visible and was going down infront of us as the sun came up behind. Serene really!
Our thighs and pelvis' really felt the jolting as the camels walked down hill. We didn't have a break as we had the night before, so were on the camels for a good hour. When mine was told to sit down, it took my legs a few seconds to take my weight.

We were driving to the Todra Canyon for the next two nights.
Stopping off to see a place that made furnishings out of local marble full of fossils, many millions of years old. This seemed wrong in a way but the fossils appeared to be very prolific. Some of them looked like fish, snail shells and some bigger beatle like shapes. All from when the Mediterranean Sea covered the lands of Morocco.
We also stopped to buy huge dates. Which are delicious.
Later we stopped at a museum which was in an area a little similar to the Medina, cool pathways beneath the buildings. Just wide enough for a cart to pass through. Very old walls made of mud and straw and rushes and palm trees for the ceilings.
The museum was of the way of life of the local people it was very simple and had some good photos in it.

Lunch was just next door and was very nice, with a few more choices than previously.

Then another hour or so drive and we reached our destination a slightly strange hotel near to the head of the valley. The porters earned their tips as they had to take our bags up and down three flights before we even got to the hotels entrance!
I was feeling tired and grumpy, our room was very simple and had an annoying room layout so we moved things about and it was much better. Had a cool shower and sorted the washing out, then went in search of beer, our luck was in.

Several of our group have had bad stomachs which is worrying.

Been a bit fed up with Mo our guide as he is not very proactive, he doesn't seem to be very knowledgeable or want to share information with us. He is very young and a nice chap who wants to please, but seems a bit out of his depth.Read more