Ouarzazate And Thousands Of Kashbahs
Posted On Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at at 12:05 AM by Alvin
With such a special name as Ouarzazate, you know it's a special place - indeed Ouarzazate, meaning The Door To The Desert, sits at the crossroads of the three lovely valleys of the Moroccan South - Draa, Dades and Ziz.Ouarzazate had a frontier-town feel about it and was ideal for us to make arrangements for our trip to The Moroccan Sahara. Around Ouarzazate were numerous kashbahs, some lived-in, some abandoned, some ancient and some recently maintained; almost without exceptions, all of them were photogenic and eye-catching. Take a look ! The weather during our time of visit was very dry and sunny - just as well, as we had loads of washing to catch up and our clothes all dried within two hours of hanging outside our terrace !
Something of a side note - the riad we stayed in Ouarzazate had a proud peacock guarding the garden and every morning we walked passed, he would greet us by showing off his feathers - cute little bird !