Ouarzazate
Hey all,
Made it south after an 8 hour bus ride through the mountians of the high atlas. Quite an amazing if a bit hairraising journy. The roads are still the same ones the french built when they controlled the country at the turn of the last century. They must have had a heck of a time getting everything surveyed for this road. The mountians themselves are spectacular... Many are over 13000 feet and there was still snow in the Mountian passes and on the peaks. The terain is different than what might be expected on mountians like the rockies in the states because there are no trees... just bare rock and some small scrub vegitation. The bus blew a tire on the way through the pass which was actually a good thing because we got some fresh air. It was a very hot ride.
Here in Ourzazate it is a small city often described as the last great oasis before the sahara. Right now the wind is blowing up from the South and judging from the amount of sand whipping around its not hard to belive that the great desert is not far away. Hopefully during my stay here i will be able to take a cab or walk to the river 3klicks to the south and see the big golden dunes on the other side. We are here for 12 DAYS of training before going on to stay with a Moroccan family and we will be back here periodically from time time over the next three months for what equqtes to debreifings.I am slated to work in Environmental ed... but that may change over the course of training to either forestry or Protected areas management. Hard to belive given the surrounding landscape which looks more like the moon than anything else, that there is any need for environmental workers. The terrain here reminds me of the american southwest with red rock bluffs and table top mesas and plteaus.
Anyway, the french keyboard is making my hands hurt so Im going to stop here. I hope that everyone is doing well. Good luck travelling for those of you that are. Have a good spring break for everyone that is not. Thanks for replying and saying hello. I will eventually get around to individual messages.
Cheers
Andy
Made it south after an 8 hour bus ride through the mountians of the high atlas. Quite an amazing if a bit hairraising journy. The roads are still the same ones the french built when they controlled the country at the turn of the last century. They must have had a heck of a time getting everything surveyed for this road. The mountians themselves are spectacular... Many are over 13000 feet and there was still snow in the Mountian passes and on the peaks. The terain is different than what might be expected on mountians like the rockies in the states because there are no trees... just bare rock and some small scrub vegitation. The bus blew a tire on the way through the pass which was actually a good thing because we got some fresh air. It was a very hot ride.
Here in Ourzazate it is a small city often described as the last great oasis before the sahara. Right now the wind is blowing up from the South and judging from the amount of sand whipping around its not hard to belive that the great desert is not far away. Hopefully during my stay here i will be able to take a cab or walk to the river 3klicks to the south and see the big golden dunes on the other side. We are here for 12 DAYS of training before going on to stay with a Moroccan family and we will be back here periodically from time time over the next three months for what equqtes to debreifings.I am slated to work in Environmental ed... but that may change over the course of training to either forestry or Protected areas management. Hard to belive given the surrounding landscape which looks more like the moon than anything else, that there is any need for environmental workers. The terrain here reminds me of the american southwest with red rock bluffs and table top mesas and plteaus.
Anyway, the french keyboard is making my hands hurt so Im going to stop here. I hope that everyone is doing well. Good luck travelling for those of you that are. Have a good spring break for everyone that is not. Thanks for replying and saying hello. I will eventually get around to individual messages.
Cheers
Andy
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