The Atlas Mountains, stretching 1600 miles across North Africa, separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert. As we had planned a trek out to the desert for one night, we had to traverse these mountains with precarious switchbacks via bus. I only managed a few photos out the window, or otherwise was too queasy (like the rest of the bus travelers).
After the 5 hour ride, we luckily didn't fall off any cliffs and made it to our destination of Ouarzazate, which looks like this
It also has this there
Ouarzazate is the last big town before the Sahara and also known for being a popular film-making location (Lawrence of Arabia, The Mummy, The Gladiator, etc.). It was hot and sunny while we were there and Katie got sick, so that was a bit rough. I got a lot of Hunger Games reading and drinking of cafe au laits done.
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