Morocco means "THE WEST" or Place that the SUN goes down. Berbers(non Arabic speakers) were the first inhabitants of the country and then the Jewish, Muslim, Portugese and French. They are currently 95% Muslim, but no extremist/terrorists reside there.We flew into in Casablanca, drove straight to Fes and stayed at Riad Maison Bleue. These are musicians in Fes at a restaurant. They entertained while we ate.
We toured the 9th century Medina as well as the 14th century(which houses the Royal Palace) and 20th century cities surrounding the original city.We drove to Erfoud and then took 4x4s to our Berber desert encampment for the night.
This was a Berber house in the desert near Erfoud. We stopped by to give crayons to the children.
We rode camels at sunrise to the tops of the dunes-incredible!
Our next stop was the Skoura Oasis to stay at Dar Ahlam a Relais/Chateaux property where we had a tea ceremony in an old kasbah on a mountaintop at sunset. 
We also drove over the highest pass Tizi N Tishka in High Atlas to Marrakesh where I attended the first PURE conference for 5 days with some colleagues. The entire journey was remarkable and I hope to return soon!
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