Category: flora & fauna

  • Sunrise at Mount Pilatus, part 2

    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…

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  • 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…

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  • Walking in Gorges du Toudra in the High Atlas mountains

    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…

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  • Morabit Marbre Fossils, Erfoud

    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…

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  • Glamping Erg Chebbi, Morocco

    Glamping Erg Chebbi, Morocco

    Erg Chebbi is a small sea of sand dunes stretching 22 kms long and 5 kms wide and peaking up to 150 metres high. Formed by wind-blown sand, Erg Chebbi is known for its golden-orange sand formations that start at the most northern tip of the Sahara. We arrived at our camp just after 6…

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  • Musée Yves Saint Laurent and Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech, Morocco

    Musée Yves Saint Laurent and Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech, Morocco

    We had a guide/driver for a day in Marrakech and he brought us to Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Marrakech (mYSLm). Concurrent with the opening of Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Paris (Av. Marceau), the Foundation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent created this museum in 2017 with the Foundation Jardin Majorelle. A retrospective movie Yves Saint Laurent was…

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