January 2021

Our natural propensity to explore Morocco. After all, it’s about trails. And sun. Covid restrictions and the trend to work from home have but amplified it.   Part 1: The desert, the water and the djinnoun. Water diviners. Overhanging fortresses. Gold diggers. Sculpted boulders, wells in the desert, trees sprouting out of rock. Treasure hunters, tears […]

A visit to Tafraoute: martian landscapes, pink- washed kasbahs and… Napoleon’s hat. If Titans of Greek mythology, those giant supernatural beings fighting gods, ever had played in their childhood at molding boulders and cleaving rocks, Tafraoute, a little town 3 hours drive south of Agadir, must have been their playground. One hardly ever tires of