I had wanted to visit the mountains in Morocco, so my friend made it possible. He told me that there can be snow in the mountains. I had no idea that there is snow in Morocco. I told him that I had to see with my own eyes and that I wanted to make a snowman. It wasn't the easiest to get to. We went with one of his relatives and stayed with that relative's relatives. I got to stay in a secluded village in the mountains. The view from the village was amazing. The stars at night were breathtaking. I don't think I have ever seen stars so beautiful. There was very little light pollution. I felt very lucky that I got to stay in the village. I had no idea villages like the one I went to existed. When we hiked up the mountains, we were the only "visitors" to the mountain besides a man with his mountain goat. My friend's relative was like a mountain goat. He was able to jump and run up the mountain so easily. I gave him my camera to take photos of the peaks that I couldn't get to. They were quite awesome! When I google Tidssi it only shows the location on the map, but all the pictures do not actually show the village, so I really got to go somewhere tourists have never been to before. The SIM card I had in my phone (Inwi) didn't get reception in the village. I had to climb up a steep hill in order to get reception. Since we couldn't use the internet for entertainment at night we played Czech games I brought and also made origami with the paper I brought. It was truly an amazing experience. I am go grateful to have been able to visit!!! (photos are a bit out of order)
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| rock valley on the way to the village |
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| the "mountain goat" |
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| on the way to the village |
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| first village we came across |
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| look at the houses |
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| the red building looks out of place |
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| another village we walked by |
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| riverbed |
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| snow in the distance!!! |
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| cute lamb! |
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| day for hiking! |
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| lets go to the snow |
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| mountain sheep |
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| iceeeeee |
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| Morocco |
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| ice in Morocco |
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| heavy!! |
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| first little snowmen |
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| nicely constructed snowman! |
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| a Moroccan snowman!!! (never thought I would make one) |
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| pics the "mountain goat" took |
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| nice ice |
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| frozen waterfall |
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| very cool |
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| frozen flowing water? |
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| incredible |
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| mountain goat |
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| getting reception on my phone (taken by my friend from where we were staying) |
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| where my friend was taking the photo of me getting cell phone reception |
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| Morocco |
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| Morocco |
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| Morocco 9315 |
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| me with the lovely ladies |
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| traditional outdoor oven |
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| we had to hike 7km to get to the main road |
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| me in the back of a truck |
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| roadside sales of clay products |
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| nice colors in the mountains |
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| leaving the village |
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| view of a village |
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| leaving the village to get to the main road |
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| not a single car past us for the 7km |
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| view from where I stayed in the village |
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| view of the village from where I got cell phone reception |
