The south

During our excursion to southern Morocco, we passed through a lot of cities..

For a detailed map of Morocco and to see where we went, check out this detailed map

The High Atlas Mountains (مرحبا اليس)

                         Barbary monkeys in the High Atlas Mountains

so cute!

Azrou (ازرو)

Midelt (ميدلت)

     Our awesome hotel

                                                                               the main door

view from our room

the drive to Rissani (near the Algerian border)

our land rovers in Rissani taking us away to Merzouga!

Merzouga (مرزوكة)

view of Merzouga from our hotel

                                                                hotel terrace 

   5:30 am the next morning...

waiting.. 

                                                                we caught the sunrise

and there it is! sunshine.. so precious, at least to a californian away from home :)

the Western Sahara desert

one of Sandy's friends, I'm sure :)

group picture before leaving Merzouga

a short stop in Khasbat Baha Baha, an oasis

Marrakech (مراكش)

Essaouira (الصويرة)

in the medina (مرينة)

Essaouira coast

view from our hotel terrace