We drove through the dades valley. Still having the atlas mountains in our sights we saw rock formations that are shaped like monkey paws. From there we visited a local family where we observed and then ate Berber pizza. It is bread, onion, a little fat, spices. It was really good. The family had 5 adorable little girls who sang a song for us. We then walked through another gorge with breathtaking views. From there we drove to a home hosted lunch with a local ima...

Today we walked through the oasis where the villagers farm. We cut alfalfa with one of the villagers. The oasis is divided into plots with many different things growing, alfalfa, pomegranate, olive trees to name just a few. We then walked to a madrassah from the 14th century that is maintained as it was then. Children as young as 4 would go to the madrasah to learn the Koran by heart and eventually become Imams. Today there are no more madrassah. We then walked t...

We leave our Sahara camp and bus to tinghir, a modern Moroccan city. We saw the oasis surrounded by the city from the tordra gorge in the high atlas mountains. After viewing the gorge and checking into our hotel, we went to the hammam for a 'cleansing'. It was quite an experience. We are now exfoliated and very clean! Ha. Tomorrow is our day in the life of a Moroccan.