Snaking precariously up the steep sides of the massive Atlas Mountain range as you leave Marrakech and head up towards the Tizi n'Tichka pass in the southerly direction of Ouazazate, the gateway to the Sahara and the red dunes of the great Ergs . You will enjoy many magnificent views and dog-leg curves as you ascend towards the col at 2300 metres. Quite why the roadside barriers appear small and insignificant compared with the vertical drop beyond, I struggle to imagine...
When you choose to ascend in 4-wheel drive, for better control, then you know these are 'serious' roads! A tribute to the engineering skills of the French Army Engineers in the early 1930's when they sought to link all points of their new colony for the purpose of "better government"...
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