Saturday, May 29, 2010

Over the Rainbow (somewhere in the Middle Atlas Mountains)



Two and a half hours northeast of Marrakech are the Cascades d' Ouzoud, the most beautiful waterfalls I have seen!

In our rental car, I used the map I drew on the back of a business card to guide us toward the refreshing falls. After taking a more scenic route than we expected, we saw the second-best sight that day.


In the guidebook it says there is a permanent rainbow -- and it's true!


After a short hike down to the pool, a "Titanic" boat ride toward the base of the falls, a tajine lunch, and a short, cool dip in the natural pool,
we got a closer look of the falls on the walk up,

and a chance to meet the macaques monkeys. The baby monkey looked a lot like me when I was a young 'un (I think it's the big ears and ability to brachiate).

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