Kik Plateau Walk

We started the day with a long bus ride to Asni, to the west of Mount Toubkal (on the road to Taroudannt). Asni is a small roadside village with cafés that attracts many visitors. We walked on the Kik plateau which is mainly open farmland growing wheat. We visited a stone courtyard house for mint tea. We sat in the large courtyard with its partly whitewashed stone walls. The courtyard is surrounded by several rooms - an bread oven, a kitchen and bedrooms. Those of us that removed their boots sat inside one of the rooms. Chickens and a donkey had a room by the entrance.

A jewellery seller followed us to the picnic stop. From the plateau there are very fine views of Mount Toubkal (over 4000 m) and of the High Atlas. There was a scattering of wild flowers including bergamot, iris and poppies. Skylarks were overhead.

This was a shortish walk followed by the bus ride back. On our return we went to the bar opposite the hotel, called La Kasbah, but later to be nicknamed the pub. The beer in the bar is 20 dirhams for a small 240 ml bottle (25 dirhams in the hotel).

For the evening meal we had harira (vegetable soup with cumin) followed by chicken and chips!

Leaving Asni
	In the courtyard of the berber house
	Berber whisky without alochol
	Mount Toubkal
	Caterpillar caterpillar

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