toubkal 1997

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Having a rummage through some old scans and information, I came across our honeymoon trip to Morocco, where we climbed Jbel Toubkal, in the Atlas mountains of Morocco and at 4176m (13,670ft) the highest mountain in North Africa. We just did it ourselves, with some help from Marrakech Express, a now defunct Glasgow booking service for Morocco, for the first night’s accommodation. We flew Glasgow to Casablanca, then jumped on the train to Marrakech, where the hotel had no record of us but were most helpful when we mentioned we were on honeymoon. We then spent a day in the souks of Marrakech, a totally new experience for us and utterly fascinating. After that, we jumped in a taxi at the Bab er-Rob, where we started getting some hassle as I kept getting out of the taxi to check on the gear in the boot as a lot of people were arguing round the taxi and looking in the boot. It was getting a bit hairy at one point, until the driver jumped in and we sped off with a full compliment of about 5 or 6 I think. As we sped along the dusty roads, the chap next to us leaned across and said “I know, Aaamish Braown”! I knew then that we were among different people and heading for the mountains. I remember the taxi ride to Ansi was an experience. Very loud Asian music blaring from the stereo as we sped up narrow roads overlooking deep gorges.

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toubkal 1997