New Year's Day 2011

It's up bright and early to check out, grab a quick coffee at the hotel cafe and a breakfast to go from the juice bar.  Off to the train station and back to Marrakech.

In Marrakech we stop for lunch at, you would never guess, McDonalds.  Yes, Linda always stops there when at the train station.  Keeps her from getting too homesick, I guess and there really are no burger shops, of any note, in Morocco.

Taxi for a couple of blocks to the CTM bus station (just a little tired), and then off to repeat our journey south, however, it is pitch black and the whole drive is soooo different.

The driver let Linda off in her village and she had to climb the gravel road and find her house in the dark, although she did have a tiny flashlight on her cell phone.

Leaving the cities, the High Atlas, the pass, and gradually descending into the valley and seeing Ouarzazate again made me realize just how isolated this city is.  It rises out of the earth in the middle of nowhere. It truly is the "doorway to the desert". 

I got home about 10:30 pm and guess what? The plumber still hasn't come!!! Thankfully, we shut off the water when we left.

Today I have stayed home and because the internet is so slow on Saturday nights and Sundays it has taken me hours to update this blog.

The whole trip was perfect in every way.

I apologize for my lack of photographic skill.