Category: Morocco

What a crazy feeling it is when you drive your tiny home into the desert! As usual we were welcomed, and offered mint tea, by everyone who passed by These boys on their bikes enjoyed a photoshoot We could only take our vans so far We left them at a campsite in the rocky desert… Continue reading The Sahara Desert

The drive towards the desert became more and more scenic. We wound around mountains, passed through palm tree oases and saw many traditional mud built villages This is Agdz Here we happened to bump into the grandson of the last chief of the village, who offered to give us a tour, along with two Austrians… Continue reading Kasbahs and Carpets

From Taroudant we had nearly 500kms to drive before arriving at the Sahara desert. Harry was still recovering from his surgery so we decided to break the journey down into small chunks, stopping at little towns along the way. It rained! 1 day of heavy rain. It’s not enough but it was a joyful day… Continue reading Taliouine

After coming down from the mountains I met back up with Rachel and Harry in Taroudant It’s a small city, known as ‘Little Marrakech’ as it was built based on the same design back in the 11th Century We had a walk around the ancient walls And shopped in the souks Taroudant is a centre… Continue reading Taroudant

Whilst driving through Morocco you quickly notice every river bed is empty And every lake is dry I started to ask people about it North of the Atlas Mountains they said they haven’t had rain for 6 months, and this year in September when the rain should’ve come they instead had an unusually warm 2… Continue reading Climate Change in Morocco

I had the most beautiful, scenic drive up into the mountains Passing many little Berber villages where groups of children ran after the van cheering And houses are still built in the traditional way with natural materials There were road side tagines, each cooked on their own little fire beneath And people excitedly showed me… Continue reading The Atlas Mountains

I left the van in secure parking at the airport and headed into the ancient medina of Marrakech It was founded in 1070 by the Almoravids (Berber Muslim dynasty) A place of significant historic, social, political and economic importance in North Africa It is now a UNESCO world heritage site The patterns and colours you… Continue reading Marrakech

We treated ourselves to a day pass at a luxury hotel Which included a delicious lunch These are the hotel rooms – little eco pods costing €200 per night We went back to the campsite and stayed in my luxury van pod for €5 a night The campsite was full of olive trees and we… Continue reading Mum’s Visit – part 2

After 2 cancelled flights and a lot of stress my mum made it to Morocco by sneaking in through Ireland We slept well in the van at Marrakech airport and woke to nice bright sunshine We drove west, back towards the coast Stopping at a quirky cafe And admiring the goats in trees (they climb… Continue reading Mum’s Visit – part 1

Imsouane is a tiny fishing village with dramatic sandy cliffs surrounding a gorgeous bay It is also a very famous surfing spot At one point I counted 150 surfers in the water! There is a lovely laid back and very friendly atmosphere with people here from all over the world We made friends with a… Continue reading Imsouane