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I've had a few comments form people saying that I've been slacking off, and I want to apologize.  I've just been so busy lately.  Anyhows, I've been having fun with some of the goodies I brought back from Morocco...  one of my favorite things that we brought back from our trip...

paprika, hot pepper, cinnamon, coriander, ginger, curry, harissa, cumin...  can you tell which is which?  I had a hard time identifying the contents of the plastic baggies they gave me.  But in the end I figured it out.  Although I do wish I had brought back more curry and harissa...  Oh well, next time!  Let's just hope they last me a long time.  At this rate, however...

The countryside of Morocco

After a few days in Marrakech, we decided to rent a car to visit the countryside.  We really wanted to visit the desert, but that trip would have needed an overnight stay somewhere along the way... so that was out of the question.  We took off at 9am, after a delicious breakfast at our Riad.  Once we left the city walls, the scenery changed drastically.

Some pretty poppies and a little village house on the hill...

Another house on a hill...

We hah lunch at a little restaurant across from the "Cascades d'Ouzoud" and monkeys kept coming to steal our bread.  One monkey even jumped on our table and took two pieces right out of the bread basket!

That's the fellow that stole our bread.  He was the biggest one of all the monkeys we saw.

Little boats you could take to cross the river at the bottom of the waterfall.

The waterfall from the bottom.  I think they are at a height of about 110 meters.

The weather wasn't great, but you could still see some of the mountains.

A cool place we passed, looks like an ancient castle.

A shepherd and his flock along the side of the road, as the sun is trying to peek through!  You see shepherds almost every 500 feet in the countryside.