Atlas mountains

Initially our exciting plan was to climb the Toubcal, the highest peak in the Atlas mountains and Northern Africa. Later the plans had to change because of lack of time, as we normally would need 2 days to climb the peak. We didn't have a spare day but still decided to dedicate a day for a mountain hike.




I wasn't particularly physically active for the last few months so hiking to the top was very challenging and exhausting for me. But it was worth it. Views were very beautiful and the weather was good and sunny. My two very fun colleagues from work who also traveled with us to Morocco also joined us for the hike. On the way back we decided to take a different route from the one we took on the way up, which was a big mistake. We ended up passing by a little village trying to get down the mountain. We had no choice but to climb through people's back yards which was quite embarrassing. Locals didn't mind and found it funny that 4 strangers were trying to climb their steep yard in order to get down. They, surely, would take a different route.