Tag: sahara

  • 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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  • Road trip in Morocco #3 – from Boumalne-Dadès to Ouarzazate

    Road trip in Morocco #3 – from Boumalne-Dadès to Ouarzazate

    This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on our road trips across Morocco. Click to see Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4 of the series. This road trip across Morocco took 3 days, 2 nights, from our desert camp at Merzouga to Essaouira on the Atlantic coast. The first night was spent in…

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  • Road trip in Morocco #1 – from Fes to Merzouga

    Road trip in Morocco #1 – from Fes to Merzouga

    This road trip is one of two which took us across Morocco, documented in 4 parts. See more in Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of the series. We arranged a driver to take us, 6 people, from Fes south to Merzouga, the gateway to the Sahara Desert. The journey in a Mercedes minivan…

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