We left Marrakesh and headed out to the South of Morocco to the desert. The sahara desert! I am quite positive I could hear all the shopkeepers crying tears of despair as we drove out of town. Did you hear that faint murmur on the wind the other day? That was them.

Anyways, it was a long day on the bus. Our tour guide warned us it would be a windy road through the Atlas mountains and to take medication if prone to motion sickness. Hello. It’s me. Yes, that’s thetwinsontour. The problem is even the non-drowsy CVS version of Dramamine (very economical if they happen to send you a 30 or 40% off one item coupon) knocks me out all day. So we pretty much slept through all of the scenery, and I have an appalling lack of blurry pictures out the bus window and even fewer with a reflection of my arm or nose in them.

We did make several quick, beautiful photo stops and visit a Kasbah! Our guide has this APALLING habit of saying, “This is not a shopping excursion–looking only.” And then he keeps us moving, so there is barely any selfie time. And no shopping time. I digress. A Kasbah is just like a little fortified town built of adobe. You have to redo the adobe with mud, hay, and manure every 4 or 5 years, hence the reason so many are crumbling down.

Another cool thing is at our hotel there was a glass floor in the hallway so that you could see a mosasaurus fossil under the floor. My dinosaur knowledge is sadly lacking as I have never heard of a mosasaurus before. The only sign was in Spanish, but beyond my scope of Spanish capabilities, so I still know very little about the overlooked mosasaurus.

The next morning, we were off again for even more driving. However, this time I was determined not to sleep the whole way. I skipped the CVS non-drowsy Dramamine and did just fine. I only slept about a third of the day this time.

More scenic photo stops. Pictures would be better than words in this case, but I’m still not paying extra to get more storage. So this is what you get–a half-hearted promise to maybe someday remember to post some scenery pictures.

Tomorrow is far more eventful, so I will leave you now pining for photos of the Moroccan countryside.

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Love,

thetwinsontour