Morocco: A Day of Sightseeing, part 3

Leaving the canyons, our first order of business was lunch, of course. The restaurant was large, could accommodate a big a number of diners at one time.


Entrance


Menu


Arches


And beautiful lamps.

The food was just okay, nothing to write home about, but the camaraderie during meal time is the one that I treasure most.

We took the same road out of this area and by the time we were passing the same place, we noticed that it was very hazy in the distance. Our tour manager mentioned that's what a sand storm looks like from a distance.







We continued the journey to Ouarzazate via the road of a thousand kasbahs and the Dades Valley which is famous for its roses. They have an annual rose festival here. It was here that we took the mandatory pit stop. Naturally, the pit stop was at a cooperative that sells rose-scented perfumes, lotions, powders and "anti-aging" creams. It seems that this hypenated term is a big selling point in Morocco. Okay, there were other tour buses that stopped here. This must have been the "official" store for all organized tour groups.



















It was early evening when we arrived at our destination of Ouarzazate, known as the Hollywood of Morocco.






Hotel for the night.

There are so many things we experienced and enjoyed in Morocco, but not one of them is a spectacular sunset. All we got were hazy skies. Not complaining at all.

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