Tafraoute Hike (Morocco)
142.4 kms Day 1: A Geological Wonderland 34 kms, March 19, 2013 The Traveler is excited about reaching mountains again. Mountain is his preferred landscape to experience, as you never know what you might discover around the next corner. And he gets the feeling that the Tafraoute region in the Anti-atlas is going to be a lot of fun. He gets on a bus heading that direction, where he hopes to start another day of exploration Early in the morning the bus starts to climb high up the slopes above a valley that plunges thousands of meters below. Way down below there are a whole row of little villages beckoning the Traveler. The cliffs are magnificent as well—and there a couple villages even the ruins of a little castle perched on its rim. The Traveler's got a battle going on in his mind. Part of him wants to get off the bus and continue on on foot—this kind of scenery can only really be appreciated on foot, giving you plenty of time to really sink it in. But another...