I’m commonly the world’s laziest tourist.
My typical fashion of excursion involves me being picked up and plonked on the alternative aspect of the world to consume and drink my way through another town and subculture.
I’ll, on occasion, throw in a museum visit to feature in a few “proper” lifestyles; however, if I’m sincere, my vacations are in the main led by way of trying to find my next scrumptious meal and alcoholic beverage.
This time around, I went to Marrakech in Morocco, and to be sincere, I knew very little about it.
THINGS I THOUGHT I’D NEVER DO ON A HOLIDAY:
RIDE A CAMEL
Many people requested me after I was given back from Morocco, ‘did you ride a camel?’ And the answer is yes, sure I did.
Have I assured you approximately it? Not particularly. I’m simply 155cm tall, and I realize camels are a whole lot taller than that, so it became a daunting prospect.
The first 5 minutes of the experience consisted of making some horrible attempts at snapping a few selfies. However, I realized I turned so afraid of falling seven toes down that I couldn’t let the saddle cross. This is predominantly the satisfactory image that I ended up with:
STAY OVERNIGHT IN A REMOTE VILLAGE
If journeying to a place without Wi-Fi excites then you I’d advocate including this on your listing. After about an hour of always checking my telephone for a sign, you’d be amazed how speedy you may forget about approximately the net.
We traveled to the far-off village of Tizi N’Oucheg – positioned within the Atlas Mountains about two hours outdoor of Marrakech.
The force in our 4WD up the steep mountains was bumpy but offered a magnificent view of the pristine snow-capped mountains.
This picture turned into a shot on an iPhone from a shifting vehicle – no bad photographs here:
Stunning view from the guesthouse:
As we walked thru the village, the local youngsters get excited and rapidly run right down to have a peek at us travelers and offer some products made inside the village.
HIKE UP THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN IN NORTH AFRICA
As a good deal as I’d hate to admit it, the journey is generally a long way from being my center call.
I’m generally a persistent with the principal roads and civilization kind of gal – so putting off on a half-day trek through a remote village becomes truly a brand new enjoy for me.
We depended on manual Rachid, who additionally owned the guesthouse we stayed in, to lead us down and up and through the mountains for what changed into described as a stroll. If I didn’t sometimes go to the fitness center, I might have wished for a helicopter to lift me out.
