We cycled 40 km uphill from the valley you can see in the background here so we could watch the final four on satellite tv...
High Atlas villages
Texas teleboutique
Lovely Ida Ougnidif
...and the nearby kasbah
Anti Atlas mountains
Brother and host brothers
Outside of the community association where I work
Jewish shrine near my village, Anti-Atlas mountains in the background
Me and my trusty Trek
Teaching English...
View of my village from the hill
This is where your Clementines come from!!!
High Atlas views
Party in Taroudant....
...complete with live music and lots of sweets...
Festival in my village!
Ruins in my village
Men standing around, as men do (Anti Atlas mountains in background)
Water man (not just in touristy Marrakech - this one is a real water man!!)
Clay ovens for baking Berber bread
Clementine orchards
More orchards
YSL's garden in Marrakech
Riad in Marrakech
Festival in my village!! Hooray for outdoor gatherings to celebrate national holidays in the summertime.
Kind of like the Fourth of July, only different, as in, before the cookout we slaughter the cow in front of everyone...
Classic Berber blue
My village
A valley near Mt Toubkal, North Africa's highest peak
More near Toubkal - the High High Atlas
Me on the summit...roof of North Africa!!
Me in the weaving room with the weaving ladies
Tea with the weavers
My association again
Walking home with a carpet balanced on my head
The rainy season = gorgeous green fields
Anti Atlas range...so much prettier with green
High Atlas obscured by cloud cover
My Obama news wall + Berber flag corner...
Eid al Adha = meat in the kitchen
close-up
Yummmm
Berber kitchen
Teeth being as good a storage place as any for one's meat carving knives
Family in fancy holiday caftans
Three rams, three ram heads, lots of blood
Whitewashed courtyards, Berber blue.
