Morocco - Desert

We spent a few days driving,out to the desert. We visited a casbah, which was an ext need fortress where a family used to keep animals within an amazing utter wall over night to protect them from predators - both human and animal. This casbah dated from around the year 1200, and was part of a chain along a series of oases that formed a caravan route from the Sahara. 

The Moroccan roads over the high Atlas Mountains were very impressive. 

And so were some of the gorges that sliced through the mountains. 

The Todra gorge is the centre of climbing in Morocco. Pretty cool limestone!

We rode on camals for an hour to stay at a camp in the desert. I will NEVER be a big fan of riding camals! Their gait is oddly jolting and they are so wide that they hurt your legs. 

However, it was super cool to spend a night out in the desert.