Berber Home-stays
I spoke with Kempie and the group had just returned from a pleasant day-hike in the High Atlas foothills. Tonight, group home-stays commence with home-cooked mountain fare, many laughing children, and prodigious amounts of mint tea. There is no Internet connectivity in the village, so student postings will have to wait until the next leg in Essaouira.
The group is not staying exactly in this setting, but to provide some perspective, this is a typical summer scene in the High Atlas Mountains (the highest in North Africa--with Morocco laying claim to the highest peak, Mount Toubkal, at 13,671 feet):
