I watched Japanese drama till episode No.5 and left Fes. Fes was really dusty and smoggy town. I need a flesh air. As I went towered mountain, I could see how the air of Fes was badly hazed out. There was hazy smoke over the Fes.

半沢直樹は5話まで見て半分は後日に取っておく事にした。一気に見てしまうのもつまらないからね。そしてフェズを出発。この町は本当空気が悪かった。宿の中にいても空気が淀んでいるのが解ったくらい。出発して山を登り始めたらフェズの周囲だけ空が霞んでいるのが良く解った。



On the way to Azrou
Azrouに向かう道

My image of morocco was dry, rock and desert but there were a lots of forest in the mountains. The sky was so blue. I really enjoyed flesh air.
モロッコというと砂漠のイメージが強かったけれど山には木が沢山生えていて、リンゴ畑がそこら中にあった。山に入れば青空も広がって久々に空気がうまく感じる。


The lunch I had in the first day. A soup with a lots of beans and a spot of beef costs about $3.
昼休憩で食べたスープと牛の足。25DH 約280円


At the first day, I stopped by Azrou and stayed at a hotel. It was 60DH, about $6 without shower.
初日はAzrouで宿をとった。シャワー無しで60DH。約700円。高く感じたけどまぁ良い


Azrou was not a special city for tourists but it was much quieter than Fes.
Azrouの町。特にこれといった見所はなかったけれど、落ち着いた雰囲気でフェズから来たぶんホッとする。










From Azrou.
Azrouからの道中


Monkeys
猿がいた


As I went up higher, the sky got bluer.
空がどんどん青くなっていく


I had a Tajin, a popular moroccan dish with a lots of vegetables and very tender meat. It was the best Tajin so far, costs 25DH.
この日の昼はタジン鍋。野菜が沢山入っていて真ん中に良く煮込んである牛肉も、このタジンはこれまでで最高。値段も25DH。




There were grassland in high elevation area. seemed nomads sat up their tents and fed sheep there.
標高が高い場所は牧草地が広がっていて、遊牧民のテントもチラホラ。





60km from Azrou, there was the pass. It was almost all way up from Fes, about 150km.
Azrouから60kmくらい走った場所が峠になっていて、これで登りは一段落。ここまで多少の下りもあったけれどフェズから約150km、ほとんどが登りだった。

From the pass, I cycled down for 30km and reached to Zeida, a little town where I stayed a night. The hotel I stayed was 60DH without shower; same condition as last night. Looks without shower in cheap hotel is standard in morocco.
In Morocco, there were so many young people in every town. This country is very energetic compare to aging society Japan.
ここから一気に30km下って今日の宿泊地Zeidaに。この町にあった宿も風呂無し60DH。モロッコの安宿は風呂無しが普通らしい。どこの町も人が沢山いて活気がすごい。日本は超高齢化時代に突入している一方で、モロッコは若い人間がやたらと多い。