High Atlas Mts., cont.

After dinner we shared a bottle of white wine w/ our friends then went up to the deck to stargaze and Rach found Scorpio, her sign, in the sky. I made birthday wishes on 2 shooting stars before heading to our cabin in the trees to sleep.

3-dog star-gazing deck, Douar Samra

View of one of the many sitting areas & the inn's main house from our mountain cabin/below view of inside of our cabin


Next day we met Laasan, our Berber guide, and our driver, Abdel, for a 2 hour windy drive through the mountains & Ouirgane and Nfiz Valleys  to the 12th c. Tinmal Mosque which was absolutely stunning! Definitely worth the drive through small Berber villages, green valleys and by a large irrigation dam & lake.  


Tinmal Mosque

We had a lovely picnic lunch on the grounds of the Gite du Lac on the way back from Tinmal and stopped at the posh Kasbah Tamadot (Richard Branson's hotel) for a quick tour.

Under the shade of an olive tree at our picnic spot with grape vines on one side & apple and peach trees on another

We are resting in our lovely riad after sunning on our terrace deck, minutes from meeting our friends at a local Essaouira restaurant. Ciao for now!

Rach at the front door of Douar Samra, High Atlas 








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