A naive Backpacking Trip through the World of the Berbers (2007)
A naive Backpacking Trip through the World of the Berbers
Since I was quite young, I dreamed of traveling the world and getting to know faraway countries. Being young, I haven’t had many opportunities yet. I’m finally old enough to set off on my own and see the world.
I’m fortunate enough to be able to spend a semester abroad in Spain. At the end of this time, I’d like to take the opportunity to visit nearby Morocco—and thus experience a whole new continent and a completely different culture—the Berbers!
Morocco (2007)
After less planning and relatively spontaneously, we set off: we start from our ERASMUS semester abroad in Granada on February 10 at 9 a.m. from the bus station in the direction of Algeciras to take a ferry to Tangier.
“We”…
🇲🇦 Meknés -The Berbers’ Royal City of Silversmiths
We reach Meknes in the evening around 10:30 p.m. The train from Tangier arrives in the city on time. The streets are quiet and…
🇲🇦 Fez – The Berbers’ Royal City of Dyers
Once again we can have breakfast at the hotel in Meknes, then we leave early for our train to Fez. The journey to the…
🇲🇦 Marrakech – The Berbers’ Royal City of Orange Juice Sellers
We find a cabin with only one other passenger. However, he leaves the compartment after two hours. Whether he really reached…
🇲🇦 The Journey over the High Atlas
We decided to take the bus at 9 a.m. so that we could still have half a day in Oarzazate and have the opportunity to get to…
🇲🇦 Ouarzazate – The Hollywood City in the Desert
In a side valley of the mountains from which we have just come, you will find the clay fortress Aït-Benhaddou, in which films…
🇲🇦 With the Tuareg across the dunes of the Sahara
At 8 in the morning we meet our driver Mohammad in the lobby of the hotel in the film city of Ouarzazate, ready to leave. We…
🇲🇦 Kasbahs and Date Palms – The Valley of Drâa
The whole night we hear the camels bleating and it’s freezing cold. One imagines a night in the Sahara more romantic. At least…
🇲🇦 Roses in the snow – The Intransigence of Fate
Unfortunately we are not as lucky with the weather today as we were the days before. Yesterday, in the valley of the Drâa, it…
