the hood

Just wanted to post some pictures of Imlil and my "spots" so you guys could get a good image of where exactly I am...

Reading area

The river bed- it helps me find my bearings when I am exploring and don't necessarily remember how to get back home

Irrigation 

(also helps me get my bearings)

Different paths off the route are blocked off on different days, so one day an area will be sopping wet and lush- then the next day it will be dry again. 

No idea what this is, but I know WHERE it is.  SO MUCH TRASH

:) 

A street in one of the villages... Irrigation is to the left, but out of the picture 

Donkeys EVERYWHERE 

The school

The medical center-- good to know for when I sprain my ankle, or fall on my face walking around. 

The center of the town.  The river bed runs all the way down to this point, and beyond.  A lot of people come from all over (Marrakech, etc.) to play in the riverbed.  I am not sure why- it is SO cold and dirty.

Basically the only restaurant in town.  Sells only Moroccan cuisine, but it's good. We ate here after the summit.  Imagine walking up to the top after going up to Toubkal and back.  It felt like I was going up another 4,167 meters.

That little wood doorway is the entrance to the other hotel (Dar Imlil~ not the Kasbah).  The riverbed is to the right. 

The turn into town from my house.  

The other side of the turn- TERRIBLE at night.  Not one single light, and that abandoned building is spooky. 

Approaching chez moi... There is a jitte (hikers inn kind of thing) on the left and a good-for-nothing convince store on the left. 

HOME SWEET HOME! 

There are usually goats or cows in the front yard.  You continue on this path to get to the Kasbah.  I will post pictures of that later.