Day 104, Mgoun valley, Morocco

A long and hot but beautiful walk

Okay, a couple of things that stand out in my mind about Morocco are the absolutely lovely fresh food with so many vegetables and fresh bread, as well as the simple way of life that still exists here. 

Mud and straw houses

Red rocks and green valleys

This morning we went on a ten kilometre walk (and yes, I managed it!) through fields of corn, patches of land with alfalfa, fig trees, to the next village. People are almost self sufficient in this valley, Mgoun valley, electricity only came in 2006. Everyone grows their own vegetables and fruit and washing is still done in the river. So all along our walk, which crossed the river a number of times, we saw girls and women doing their washing, happily saying bonjour to us, and laughing and carrying on.

Washing drying on the rocks 

Noticeably the boys were just hanging around, doing nothing, haha! A cup of mint tea halfway, and then back again, lovely views of the steep mountains surrounding us. Back for lunch, another Berber Omelette and salad and then some free time and wifi, so catch up on blogs etc.

We're actually staying with a Berber family. Up until two years ago accommodation here meant one large room that all the tour shared, but then the tour company and the hosts put together and extended the Kasbah (Moroccan style house), so now we have private rooms. The walls are made with a mixture of clay and straw, and although basic, there is hot water, so quite luxurious.

Preparing veges for the tagine 

We get the opportunity to watch the hosts cook, so four of us decided to find out about cooking tagine, our dinner tonight, which was very interesting; we even got to join in and peel the vegetables.