Mount Toubkal Long Weekend 2019

29th September

Descent to Imlil & Marrakesh

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Just a short 2 mile walk back to Imlil today with 170m descent, before catching a minibus back to Marrakesh.

Looking up the valley from our guesthouse, Douar Armed...

Imlil 1

Towards the colourful village of Arroumd...

Imlil 2

Imlil 3

Imlil 4

Last descent...

Imlil 5

Sun and Arroumd in the background...

Imlil 6

After we got back to Marrakesh we head out for lunch at a local restaurant, which our Berber guide Hicham insisted on paying for at the end due to a kindness from a previous group on his birthday that he wanted to pass on.

Avocado & Almond smoothie - delicious...

Smoothie

Beef & Prune Tagine...

Beef and prune

Koutoubia Mosque from the 12th century, built shortly after the city was founded...

Mosque 1

Looking inside from outside as the mosque doesn't allow non-Muslims inside...

Mosque 3

City walls...

Kasbah

Apothecary ...

Chemist

Impressive archway and Medina wall...

Arch

Kasbah Mosque...

Mosque 4

Entrance to the labyrinthine and slightly claustrophobic Souk...

Souk

Community bread oven, families bring their dough loaves here to be cooked by the community baker...

Bread oven

Impressive metalwork...

Souk 2

Stunningly colourful spices...

Souk 3

Chameleons and tortoises at the pet stall...

Souk 4

Melange - sweet biscuits...

Souk 5

Leatherware in the covered section...

Souk 6

Wonderful array of desert plants in the stalls in the main square...

Souk 7

Jemaa el Fna...

Square pan

Aggressive snake charmers on the lookout to demand money...

Souk 9

Sunset falls on the Koutoubia Mosque...

Mosque 5

Mosque 6

More Jemaa el Fna shots...

Square

Crowds beginning to gather for the evening...

Square 2

After a couple of sessions haggling for a nice candleholder, I was pretty glad to leave and head to the restaurant for our last group meal...

Sunset

Octopus...

Octopus

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Day 1 - Travel & Day 2 (Part 1) Hike to Refuge

Day 2 - Part 2 - Hike to Refuge

Day 3 - Hike to Summit

Day 4 - Imlil Hike & Marrakesh

Day 5 - Balloon Trip