On the Bicycle

The road from Marrakech. Still on a very gentle upslope here, passing through small towns, the road will soon begin to climb into the hills, go up to Taddart, finally ascend a high pass, and go down to Ouarzazate. (Sounds something like "wheres-er-at." Ozte is the local abbreviation.) The tire by the road may, as in Vietnam, indicate that tire repair is available here.

An irrigation ditch, bringing water down from the high Atlas Mountains, which are snowclad in winter, to the much drier coastal plain.