.: From saturday. Black Mountains!

Today we have crossed the black mountains, and it took 5 hours. It's about 150km in 5-30km / h. Very rocky and narrow roads with steep cliffs on each side. We have climbed about 2000 meters, and now run back down to 1000 meter.

Yesterday evening we got a chance to take a shoer, and some German canned food, Stew and Moroco bread. It was nice, and we swallowed it down with a cold beer. Temperature tonight wasn't bad, compared to the night before. It was about 14c.

Today, the temp will be around 35C, and the weather is just glorious.We have been a little more careful with the AC'en in the car. We have felt some cold symptoms at times and splitting headache, but drink plenty of water during the periods and and it pass itself soon there after.Now we will run approximately 1 hour and willarrive at Azrou TiZnit where we can wash the car for the first time, it has been very dirty lately..When we drive on hte small rocky roads over the mountain, young children pop up from nowhere. They throw themselves into the road and begin to clear away the stone and help us on our way, but they want a pencil or ballpoint pen in return for the work. we have given away all our toyota pens. We'll se if we buy some more in a small village.It's almost not a single person here who speaks English, some French, but whether we understand or not, the body language clearly show what they want, money or smoke. Nothing we can do at times than apologize with our body language. This happens every day.

We have met several other tourists also on off-road trip, and headingl in all directions through this great country, and the Atlas mountains today. This morning we met an older French couple who had rented a pajero and taken chances on some off-road without any equipment. They had punctured a wheel on the top of the mountain and tried to get the wheel off for a long time when we was driving past. Other passers-by had stopped. we were quick to help them. Martin stepped up an used his muscle and replaced the wheels.We allways have time for good deeds. Next time it can be us who need a helping hand. But the way the car has been on this trip, I don't expect getting any problems. The car functions perfectly.Diesel seems to last longer and in Morocco than in Norway, because in Norway they put much kerosene in the diesel so lt start better in cold weather, down here there's no need for kerosene, and the diesel fuel is in many ways purer something you would not really believe. We think mostly of the water we can get the fuel down here, but then again the car has its own water separator.The hours are long, and since we've heard all the songs on our Ipod, we often sit and stare out on the hardworking people who do such good work only with they're hands. We often drive without music. We cant listen to to much Moroccan music because Martin can't take it :-)
Morocco should be experienced by Ola Nordmann who complain at home over the simplest things, here we get things set quickly into perspective.Hope you offroad enthsuiast and followers on the blog will one day make the leap and pack the car and experience Morocco like this. We have have got memories that we'll mark the rest of our life. And it's just the best way ..
David & Martin. Zogora.

The Arctic Truck on the Black Mountain!