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| Gareth Member Since: 12 Dec 2011 Location: Woodford Posts: 1112  
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Don't worry, just enjoy. I've been twice and never seen a single snake, or locust. I have seen some spiders, but they were fine.
The beetles are entertaining 
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21st Jan 2012 12:26am |
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| Defender SVX Member Since: 29 Jan 2009 Location: Co Durham Posts: 729  
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We went for the first time and alone in March last year and the weather was really poor wind and rain but not to cold to wild camp. Never saw any nastys. Watch out on the high Atlas mountains we went from a nice warm day to heavy rain to blizzard snow in the space of 4 hours on the climb and the opposite on the way down
 . A great experience and a initial culture shock on the first visit but great all the same.
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21st Jan 2012 7:20am |
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| Defender SVX Member Since: 29 Jan 2009 Location: Co Durham Posts: 729
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Nissan juke that didn't make the high Atlas.
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21st Jan 2012 7:30am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Great pics Mao...was the Nissan driver Italian?
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21st Jan 2012 8:12am |
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| Defender SVX Member Since: 29 Jan 2009 Location: Co Durham Posts: 729
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Can't remember off hand the driver was long gone and the car abandoned really strange one of the better/newer cars we saw on the mountain. Formerly mao99999 16 Focus RS Nitrous Blue. 11 FFRR TDV8 Vouge SE Black Black. 08 DEFENDER SVX SOFT TOP (SUPERB) 08 DEFENDER 110 DCPU Stornoway grey (Overland Exploration Unit) 05 Fiesta ST 150 Van 04 Jaguar XKR 4.2 Supercharged V8 02 DEFENDER 90 TD5 (next years soft top project) 95 DEFENDER 110 CSW 300 TDi Phoenix black 95 DEFENDER 90 HT Monti Carlo blue COUNTY 300 TDi 67 109" SERIES 2a TUNED 200 TDI 64 DAVID BROWN 990 rat look 55 86" SERIES 1 |
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21st Jan 2012 8:24am |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8582
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Just remember spiders and snakes have not learnt how to undo zips yet
Relax, go and enjoy. Brendan |
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21st Jan 2012 8:25am |
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| TJ101 Member Since: 30 May 2007 Location: Taunton Somerset Posts: 3750  
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They are about,, but never found it to be a problem, just be aware and check
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21st Jan 2012 7:22pm |
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| T1G UP Member Since: 08 Dec 2009 Location: Bath Posts: 3101 
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 that! i envisaged you out in the desert, not in a tesco car park rhiads if thats the case
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21st Jan 2012 7:35pm |
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| Defender SVX Member Since: 29 Jan 2009 Location: Co Durham Posts: 729
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One of many overnight stays (that particular night was spent approx 0.5 km from the medina of Marrakech) I see little point of visiting the country just to hammer down to the desert off road then back again. We spent 3 weeks in Morroco and two in Spain we hammerd down to Portsmouth, chilled/tipsy boat trip to Santander had a nice leisurely drive down through Spain (couple of days) 3 weeks in Morocco via Algerceris to Cueta drove down the Raf mountains (and met a few characters) visited Fes onto Marrakech over the the high Atlas right down to Tan Tan then back tracked to Zagora. Followed by a steady drive back to Marrakech onto Casablanca then Rabat back to Ceuta Into Spain few overnights in la lalina Cadiz (viewing property in Gibraltar+duty free) onto Malaga, pretty boring trek to Benidorm (booked into a hotel all inclusive) then one more wild camp and back to Santander. A few desert highways were completed in southern Morocco were done but as we grossed 3.5t and were alone with a puma saw little point in hammering the machine or any hardcore offroading but enjoyed it all the same (I can go up to pea farm all day for £20 to smash my 90). A great trip and soaked up alot of the culture 90% wild camping ( with the Engel and the split charge we brought back some frozen meat we took as well as most of the half goat we bought for £20). So maybe not the most hardcore axle smashing trip you would expect but satisfying all the same and approx all in the same price as one of these "follow my leader" organised treks.
Disregard the data back on the pics the camera took a hissy did when on the car charger 
In Fes. Click image to enlarge Eating at night on the medina at Marrakech Click image to enlarge On the desert highways Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge A overnight near Quarazante Click image to enlarge Beside the rock of Gibraltar Click image to enlarge Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated Formerly mao99999
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21st Jan 2012 8:57pm |
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| shazzy90 Member Since: 17 Dec 2010 Location: tyneside Posts: 489 |
thanks for info
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21st Jan 2012 9:06pm |
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| Reiver Member Since: 04 Dec 2011 Location: Cumbria Posts: 48 
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Be sure to pack "bon bons" & "stylo's". Also make sure to have some folding left to grease the palms of the dodgy border guards at the ferry back to Spain - it smooths things somewhat
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22nd Jan 2012 4:29pm |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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Never an issue at Ceuta although it used to look like a scene out of Tenko
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22nd Jan 2012 5:28pm |
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| Defender SVX Member Since: 29 Jan 2009 Location: Co Durham Posts: 729
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Formerly mao99999
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22nd Jan 2012 6:33pm |
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| Reiver Member Since: 04 Dec 2011 Location: Cumbria Posts: 48
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[/quote]Never an issue at Ceuta although it used to look like a scene out of Tenko[quote]
I never saw any Japanese there  This is border country and the Romans built a wall for a reason! |
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25th Jan 2012 2:38pm |
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