Morocco by Mog, a few months overlanding

[mervifwdc]

Hi,

My wife and I are overlanding in Morocco, exploring as many nooks and crannies as we can. this is a shakedown trip for later this year when we go to South America with our truck.

We are currently in Zagora, which is the edge of what many might call the Sahara "proper". The people and friendly, the days warm and sunny with clear blue skies, and the nights cool to cold, which is great for sleeping.

To see a bit of the saharan piste driving, we have a few video's on youtube, here is a link to one of them: http://youtu.be/WurRJPhp2J4

and there are many photos on the blog, www.moglander.com

[mervifwdc]

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Morocco is turning out to have some spectacular views. The trick is getting to reach them. So far so good!

[Jim K in PA]

Great place, great images, great trip. Thanks for sharing.

[Scott Brady]

Great photos. Have you been to M'Hamid yet? There are some really nice desert tracks there.

[mervifwdc]

Thanks for the comments folks!

Yes, we went through M'Hamid yesterday. We cycled through Mhamid and got a feel for the place, then took the mog through when we were moving on. We've a few nice images from the tracks from M'Hamid to post about shortly.

We did spot a pretty tired old series Landrover when going by a place called "the source". We stuck a small Irish flag on it, and wished it well and drove on. I'd love to know the story behind it though!

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[Scott Brady]

There is a fantastic Tuareg camp just east of M'Hamid.

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Images: Nathan Hindman (who I traveled with in this region)

[mervifwdc]

Hi,

This is the piste just coming out of M'Hamid. Every 50 or 100 feet, there is a choice of at least 2 or 3 tracks, some rocky, some nice, and some with deep sand that wants to swallow you whole and seems to have the ability to suck out every horsepower your engine if fit to develop. And at each of these choices you dont even have time to stop and look for the best route as momentum is king, if you are on the soft stuff, you cannot afford to stop.

GPS tracks are only of so much value to follow. The wind moves the sand so fast that what was a great track one month, could be the track from hell the next. Each driver has to decide for himself what track to take. I guess that's what makes it so much fun!

[mervifwdc]

We've traveled a bit more North, and are following some trails in the Atlas mountains. These are a stunning range of mountains, with many tracks that can bring you all over the place. Some of these tracks can be pretty narrow as we learned today!


We decided to wild camp on the trail we took, and it was nice and sunny the day before, and we had a very mild evening, then we woke up to this:
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It wasn't especially cold, just a little below freezing, but with the wind chill, it felt pretty cold when I got out to take a few photos. Still, we plan to get to the coast within the next 2 weeks, so that should be a lot warmer, with no surprises!

[bhop]

Looks fun. That narrow track looks scary, but maybe it's the wide lens eh?

[clcoyle]

what a great trip thanks for sharing.