Bacon and eggs on
Sunday has now become a tradition with us, no matter where we are or
what we're doing. Of course we've had to bring bacon as pork products
are unobtainable in Morocco, so our little freezer is full.
Moving on today but
despite an early start it was still after 11.00 before we got away
and then everybody needed to refuel. The local fuel station did
rather well out of us, as did the lady selling “pain traditionale”
a sort of unleavened nan bread, hot straight from the oven.
Fortunately our
destination only involved a couple of hours driving, but what a
drive! We climbed steadily into the Haut Atlas mountains with series
of hairpin bends and spectacular views, pausing briefly at the top to
let one of our number with an elderly van to catch up. Of course we
came this way last year so didn't take any photos – go to our
previous blog terryandbren7.blogspot.com.
From there the run was
easier but on the usual single track roads, moving onto the hardened
edge to let oncoming traffic past – of which there was not a lot.
Approaching our destination, which is located in a bowl surrounded by
mountains, we encountered a long series of tight hairpin bends,
descending very quickly into a village. We then made a short
diversion to visit the painted rocks.
Someone thought it
would be a good idea to paint several large rocks in different
colours in the middle of nowhere – why, nobody knows, but they've
become a tourist attraction. We stopped for lunch, being joined
briefly by a young couple (honeymooners?) who were spending 17 days
touring Morocco by car.
From there it was but a
few minutes to Tafraout, a busy small town where we stayed last year
on the guardian parking. Really nothing more than a large area of
scrub desert that has been taken over by motor-homers, locals have set
up a bit of security, waste disposal and arranged for a water tanker
to come round daily. You simply park wherever you wish and pay the
man his 10 dirhams (70p). We set up a settlement in an open area,
close to where 2 other Funsters were already parked. Tafraout has
become a MotorhomeFun unofficial rallying point since the demise of
Taghazoute.
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