Azrou to Settat

After leaving Meknes we headed south to Azrou, a town in the Atlas mountians, known for the Barnaby Apes and the Cedre Gourard, the largest Ceder tree in Africa or something like that. The monkeys were a highlight for both me an Ali...they were soooo cute and they came right up to you and took the food from your hand. The big ones fought off the little ones, so the lttle ones tugged on my skirt to get my attention, it was so cute. On the way back into town we had to stop cause the road was closed for the cross Morocco cycle race, so it was cool to get to watch that. The next day we headed to Beni Mellal, where there was not too much to see other than a nice little park called Ain Asserdoun. The next day we took a taxi to a small village in the hills and went ona bit of a walk, it was beautiful. Then we headded to Settat for a four day break with Ali's Grandma, Aunt, Uncle's and little cousin. I bought a warm jacket in Settat, since it is cold here...really cold and there is no heating. Otherwise in Settat we just hung out and I read an excellent book that I would highly reccommend called The Curious Incident to the Dog in The Nightime. READ IT!!!!!!

The photos are of a Barnabry Ape in Azrou, Ali and I outside of Beni Mellal, the Cedre Gourard in Azrou, two photos of the scenery outside of Beni Mellal on our walk, Ali and his cousin Ryan in Settat, Ali feeding the monkeys in Azrou, Azrou, the Kasbah in Beni Mellal, Ryan and Aicha...Ali's Grandma, Ain Asserdoun in Beni Mellal, The cycle race in Azrou, and me feeding the monkeys in Azrou.