We left Fez at what I felt was a more than reasonable hour. But apparently it was earlier than makes everyone happy. Over all the group is pretty reasonable, cheerful, and willing to help keep an eye out for a couple of the member who are easily distracted
In the US, Canada, Australia driving a distance of 300 miles, even in a bus just isn’t all that big a deal. Here, once we transitioned from city to the rural areas, the roads, while paved, are narrow, just slightly more than one and a half lanes wide. The transition also went from city to the spread out small simple brown clay appearing buildings that I remember from southern Iraq. Or for that matter, many of the rural Arab areas I have seen over the last 25 years.
Our first stop was a nature preserve to see the Barbary Apes. Remembering them from Gibraltar, no way was I getting close or feeding them. In spite of signs and warnings, there were young enterprising men selling bags of food for the Apes.
Another stop a couple of hours later for snacks and toilets. A lunch stop which featured fish, then we finally pulled into our hotel for the night late in the afternoon.
The landscape transitioned from the Atlantic coast fed greenery through high mountains with snow to high, arid and rocky desert . We gathered for dinner a a reasonable hour, then headed off to get some needed sleep (? Isn’t that what you do on bus rides?]
Tomorrow we head into the Sahara for a couple of nights. There may be marginal international phone connectivity, but no WiFi Gee, just like it used to be. Expect a post again in a couple of days
