 | The scenery had not changed much since last night. It was still early, the temperature cold, but the sun was starting to warm us up. |
 | The first few villages we crossed. |
 | Above 1100 meters we encountered out first snow in Morocco. The roads were reasonably clear of the snow, but in portions that had shadows, there was still ice.
Once or twice the motorcycle would slip, but never too much for us to slow down. |
 | We had reached a plateau, which seemed to stretch on for many kilometers. Everywhere, there was snow. |
 | The smaller cities on the way had even much more snow. You could see that they had cleared snow away.
Temperature though had started reaching 10 °C. |
 | This photo just to show you the pollution these trucks generate. You can see and smell trucks miles before you would see one. |
 | Strange, but many of the houses we saw were not finished. They looked new, but whole portions were boarded or cemented up. However, there were people living in them. |
 | At this stage, we're still riding on the plateau. There are a couple of hills, but for the most, the scenery was very flat. |
 | Roadside cafe for coffee. Coffee, despite what you may think was usually very bad, and consisted of instant coffee (Nescafe) and hot milk.
Where was that famous Arabic coffee ?? |
 | Some parts of the road were badly maintained. However, what you see here is not bad road surface, but oil & diesel !!!
Not a good place to hit the brakes ! |
 | One of the many villages we crossed. |
 | The scenery around here changed dramatically. Almost everything was red !!
It seemed like some sort of red clay. Almost all houses between this point and Marrakech were made in this red clay. |
 | Road surface. It's reasonable, as long as you can see it in advance. If it's on a blind corner, you could expect trouble. |
 | Lunch, as was becoming our habit, was at a roadside restaurant. These places rarely see tourists, and are meant for truckers. |
 | In the rear you can see the butcher, who cuts the meat you want. To its right is the BBQ, and in front of it is the Tangine. |
 | The Tangines are these cones, which contain vegetables filled with oil. The cones sit on top of burning charcoal, and simmer for a while, before served piping hot. |
 | After lunch we stretched our legs a bit, while continuing our ride. |
 | More houses, more villages. |
 | On the outskirts of Marrakech, you could see that the houses were better and more expensive looking. |
 | Marrakech is actually quite pretty. It's an old city, but very well maintained. This is were the King has his main palace.
It would explain why the city is well maintained. |
 | But even here, in a reasonably modern city, you'd see donkey carts in the busy streets. |
 | One of the main mosques of the city. It's very old, and very well maintained. There's a very large park surrounding it. |
 | The old part of the city is surrounded by an old fortress wall, wit several gates. |
 | Eggs anyone. Drop it, and we have a huge omelette ! |
 | One sign that we're close to royalty... the royal golf club of Marrakech. |
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