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I have recently arrived back from Morocco where my partner and I climbed Mt. Toubkal – the highest mountain (4,167mts / 13,672 ft) in the Atlas Mountains in North Africa. In the summer months it is a trek. However, we were in the thick of winter and the snow line began well beneath the Neltner Refuge, which lies at 3,207 mts.

When I say ‘climbed’, I hide the real truth. Both my partner and I were overcome with a fairly disasterous attack of local belly trouble, which hindered our progress considerably. We did make the top, but in a fashion akin to someone begging on their knees for mercy. In simple terms there was nothing left in the tanks. For the full details of the climb, you will be able to see my journal entries on the ‘expedition pages’ shortly. But the reason for this specific blog entry, is to show these photos:

We spent some time in Marrakech before and after and I have to say that I am left thinking the place a conundrum. A mix of African and Arabic cultures, with KFC on street corners, the stench of scooter fumes mixing with spices in tin barrels that the scooters speed passed in narrow pink walled alleys, barely wide enough for two people to walk down. But what these photos really show, is that no matter where people find themselves, from what cultures they belong or what beliefs they hold, they increasingly are becoming part of a connected global society. See the satellite dishes in both pictures?

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