AIT BEN HADDOU PART#2 – ENCOUNTER WITH LOUBNA AND HICHAM, ENGAGED IN RURAL AREAS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPPEMENT
Read Ait Ben Haddou Part#1 – An edible forest part of a sustainable plan for the village’s future Half an hour later, we are comfortably seating in Loubna and Hicham’s house around a cup of coffee, while the cat and the dog are playing their best tricks to take part in the discussion. We have […]
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AIT BEN HADDOU PART#1 – AN EDIBLE FOREST PART OF A SUSTAINABLE PLAN FOR THE VILLAGE’S FUTURE
After our encounter with Mohamed Aglagane and the saharan yellow bee, we’re now heading for Ait Ben Haddou, a village close by the mythic Ouarzazate, nested in the High Atlas foothills. There we have a meeting scheduled with Mohamed’s friend, Loubna, who has the fantastic ambition to create and grow an edible forest, the Wild […]
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SOME NEWS FROM OUR ADVENTURE
Ngaparou, march the 1st 2019. After 11 months travelling, of which we spent 8 in West Africa, and some 25 000 kms covered since France, we are now back into Senegal and preparing to slowly make our way back up to Europe. As we have slowed down for a few days, I grab the opportunity […]
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ENCOUNTER WITH MOHAMED AGLAGANE, A BEEKEEPER COMMITTED TO THE SAHARAN YELLOW BEE CONSERVATION
We’re in Skoura, a small town located in the Atlas foothills, at the Sahara gates. Our research on the saharan yellow bee conservation efforts have led us to Sawadi (read the article), an ecolodge run by people who sheltered several control hives. They were the ones to put us in touch Mohamed Aglagane, former President of […]
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SKOURA, A LUXURIOUS BREAK IN AN OASIS OF HAPINESS
Encounter with Catherine and Philippe at the Sawadi Ecolodge Our friend Ebi being on his way home, it’s now back to the two of us for the rest of the adventure. After spending a few days in the Valley of Roses (read the article), we decide to head to Skoura, where we hope to get […]
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ATLAS PART 2 – VALLEY HOPPING
Being back onto the sealed road after this incredible track between Merzouga and Zagora is not so much fun and we decide to take a shortcut to get to the Atlas foothills, north of our current position.
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INTO THE DESERT, PART 2 – FROM MERZOUGA TO ZAGORA
A 300 kilometres track through the desert Getting out of Merzouga, instead of staying on the main road, we turn and take the track that will lead us in the heart of the desert, through some incredible landscapes… It really isn’t easy to find words to describe the immensity of the spaces we’re crossing. One […]
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INTO THE DESERT, PART 1 – FROM ERRACHIDIA TO MERZOUGA
Along the Ziz Valley After our wild ride through the cedar forest, we get back on the road in a more and more arid and rocky surrounding. We’re entering the realm of the desert and I shed my first tears (yes there will be others!) in front of this landscape that gives all its meaning […]
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ATLAS PART 1 – INTO BERBER COUNTRY
An encounter with Mohamed and his family, shepherds in the Mediterranean Atlas Change of scenery After this city episode in Meknes and Fes we have only one desire, getting back into the wild! Just south of we’re is the Middle Atlas, also called Mediterranean Atlas, and that’s where we’re heading. We leave the lush hills […]
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ENCOUNTER WITH PHILIPPE OUAKI DI GIORNO, INGENIOUS INVENTOR – MEKNES
Enchanted break on the road After our encounter with Aziz and his family, we’re back on the road towards Meknes, for a meeting we’re quite excited about! Yet we stop just a few kilometres after, intrigued by a big nest in which we can clearly see a stork. They’re everywhere since we arrived in the […]
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