From Sidi Ifni to Meknes

From Sidi Ifni we went via Bouizakarne, Icht and Tata again, then towards Tazenakht and at end to Ouarzazate. It is so beautiful there the whole route so it did nothing to go the same way back but via Ait BenHaddou to Ouarzazate.

 

 Icht

In Tata we slept this time on one other hotel which name I unfortunately not remember. But hotel Renaissance was busy and we got advice to go to this other.


It was small hotel and interesting was that there the boss was a woman, Fatima and the men had a big respect for her. Incredible it was and I liked it and was glad that in Morocco it begin be also woman emancipated and take care of the whole hotel. And the men listen to what she had to say. It was some fotball match on the TV and there were many guys watching it. But made such noice and loud so it was incredible so at finish she only said something in Arabic probably and they was quiet directly.

 

We made a short stop at Ait BenHaddou but it had changed so much since I was there 12 years ago. So many shops inside the ksar, so many hotels on the other side of the river so we stayed not there but continued to Ouarzazate.

I have planed to go and see also Sarhro mountain which I was thinking at so many years but this time I decided to go! We turned to right of the road about 20 km after Boumalne. In the beginning the road was still paved.

 

Then it was only piste, but very good piste so it was without problem. Sarhro Mountain was what I was to expect and was glad to see it. Only spikes we saw and they were so funny, so many also. The thought was to go on the piste to Alnif as I heard it is good piste the whole way. But, we made wrong and in one village we continued straight forward and that we would not do, LOL.

The piste began to be smaller and smaller and worse and worse and at finish only stones etc. But we continued of course anyway,

 

and came to Tinerhir from behind ha ha ha. We understood that in this village I not remember the name, we would turn right, but … next time.

After a couple of days in Erg Chebbi I continued via Errachidia to Meknes.

I have to say that the way to Midelt was OK, nice view and rocky surrounding and small oasis here and there etc. But after Midelt I found it only boring and monotone.

 

 

Even Azrou made me disappointed,
monkeys they were not there they
should be.

The people said us that at day they are
hiding inside the forest so we had
to search them. But it was too warm
for to search them, so we continued.
Azrou self – disappoint again, so big and I not liked it. And the road boring again.



Only about maybe 20km after Azrou on the way to Meknes it was one wonderful view, they call it for Ito and it is volcanic landscape. Wonderful, incredible, this was only one thing on the whole stretch from Midelt to Meknes which was worth to see.
 

Meknes, nice, peaceful city, and despite much traffic around it was quiet in Medina anyway. It was very nice there we stayed in one small Riad. Even if outside was approx 37 degrees in Riad was it cooler though no A/C there. 120 years old Riad they said, I wish to have one such, it would be so funny to live in.

I liked to walk in Medina and around there, to see all buildings and palaces and then relax on the square, to look at people, really nice and wonderful Meknes is.

 
Then it was time to go to Casablanca, by train and it was boring, but train was good, comfortable even if a little more warm than it could be, but ...