Category: flora & fauna
Sunrise at Mount Pilatus, part 2
Continuing with our story about mountains and … We woke up at six something and hurried out of the hotel to see the sunrise. Thankfully, the fog had dissipated overnight and the sky above us was clear. Play a tune while reading this : Since Hotel Bellevue was already at the top, it was technically…
Cotti Agricultura at Alp Flix
Back to Switzerland … On our way home back from St Moritz, we spent a night at a sheep farm at Alp Flix. Click on the link to see our earlier posts on St Moritz, and the nearby Julierpass. Alp Flix is a protected moorland situated on a plateau of between 1900 and 2000 m…
Walking in Gorges du Toudra in the High Atlas mountains
Toudra Gorge is one of the detour from our 3-day road trip from Mezouga to Essaouira. See earlier post here. The Toudra Gorge (or Todgha Gorge, Gorges du Toudra; in Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵣⵉ ⵏ ⵜⵓⴷⵖⴰ; Arabic: مضيق تودغا) are a series of limestone river canyons, in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains, near the…
Morabit Marbre Fossils, Erfoud
Our first detour after we left our Merzouga desert camp on our cross-country drive was a fossil factory or rock shop – Morabit Marbre Fossils, at Erfoud – the fossil capital of Morocco. What kind of music goes with fossils ? Try this : During the Devonian period, the Paleozoic Era, from about 450 million…