| | We had a three-day weekend, and spent many hours in a van to get to Ouarzazate and Zagora. Along the way we stopped at a few different sites, including Ait Ben Haddou, to see the restored Glaoui kasbah, and an Islamic library archive, which was closed. We were supposed to stay in Ouarzazate but the king was there, so they wouldn't honor the hotel reservations. We drove all the way to Zagora and spent the night. Minimum of seven hours driving time from Marrakech. But you have to love the Moroccan architecture.
In the morning, we went to some mini-dunes outside of Zagora for the obligatory camel ride. They call it "The Door of the Sahara", but we really weren't in the dunes of the Sahara. Those were further on, and inaccessible in only a three-day weekend.
On the way back we stopped at Ouarzazate, where there is a kasbah, and outside the city is the playground of Altas Film Corporation. These old sets were still hanging around from Jewel of the Nile, Gladiator, and god knows what other movies. There wasn't a tour guide. 
Both desert and mountain scenery along the way, with lots of palms wherever there was water. More photos coming very soon. Just wanted to get these up to get the ball rolling!
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