We decided we liked Carrefour des Nomades so much that we just had to stay one more day and night. So October 18 was spent by the swimming pool. 🙂
From Erg Chebi to Mhamid
Saying goodbye to the desert was sad, but we knew that we were going to see one more in the trip. We left early and headed out to the stony desert roads. There were no roads actually, only tracks (called “pistes”). We crossed dried up rivers, lakes and had a good time going anything from […]
Driving to and in Erg Chebi desert (Oct 16)
Woke up early and drove to Mohammed in the Blue Well where he had made us breakfast. Then a short drive to Merzouga where we met Bernhard and Wioleta and took a long tour in the sand dunes, where we also spent the night under the milky-way. Actually, I took the opportunity to ask Eveli […]
All six schools finished. Going south!
Yesterday we finished the last of the six schools! In six days! Thanks to a great team! Now vacation starts. Today we made it almost all the way to Merzouga. We stopped in Midelt for lunch (both for us and the car), where we also purchased some nice Moroccan carpets. Now at camp for the […]
The last school – “Donkey” school
All good things come to an end (except the sausage which comes to two. Ends…). After a nice sleep in (we didn’t have to go to Ifrane in the morning) we arrived at the last school. At the entrance a large number of donkeys were tied to trees. We jokingly said “this looks like a […]
School 5 – “Fat man”
Up to the café. We stocked up with some nice meat from the butcher, some fresh bread from tbe boulanger, some fresh locally produced vegetables, and off we went to yet another school. This teacher was very interested in taking the equipment to his house instead, but we explained that this was not the purpose […]
School 4 – “Our” school
Waking up to the fantastic view was a great start. After watching a group of wild berber monkeys, we headed to Ifrane for the regular morning meeting and coffee. Then off to “our” school. Our because this was the one where Eveli and I would give all the gifts we had brought from friends and […]
School 3 – With a rain shower
Up in the morning, café au lait, and off to the school. With the help of some Spanish people Bernhard hooked up with at the camp site last night, we found a great camp site with a marvellous view.
First day of “work” – School Run 2017
pro We started off with driving into Ifrane and meeting the rest of the team at a wonderful little café. We met Tim Harman, the project manager and our great leader, and Jérôme Chestnot, co project manager and translator (since he speaks very good French…). The previous evening we had gotten to know Michael Beltrami, […]
Day 9 – Arriving in Morocco and driving to Ifrane
This must have been the longest day on the whole trip. We arrived in Tangiers Med around midnight. Getting off the ferry was a very chaotic experience and took more than an hour. Once out we thought all would be easy, but oooo no. First we apparently had forgotten to get a stamp on the […]