Two Gorges
Safely out of Erfoud, we found solace with several day retreat in the Todre Gorge (below left, note the size of the people). The hiking was amazing, and I am sure the climbing is too, I watched many parties take on long, hard routes. The first night we stayed in a dive, with olive branches coming in our window. There was no electricity and the shower/bathroom flooded the entire building when Rick took a shower. That night Rick zonked out, and I went down to see what the scene we left earlier had turned into. It was a Spanish, German, Polish, Italian, and Berber drum/song/joke circle. I was the American representative. We all took turns having our nationality being the but of some joke and made up songs about Cous Cous and Tajine to drum songs. The second night we decided to leave the swamp behind and moved into a hotel inside the center of the Gorge, built under a huge overhang. Dinner was 4 course in a royal Berber tent. An entire relaxing vacation could be spent at this gorge. Just down the road is the Dades Gorge, which was wider, deeper and spanned a driving distance of 45 minutes. Here is a photo of the last winding section before the pass (bottom right). Most people are hiking up this.
