Summary Beginning of the journey in Marrakech: Raphaël arrives at the Ker Saâda Rias (boarding house) where he is received by Omar Cherif Elidrissi and they go to the terrace : they drink a mint tea and enjoy the panorama ( the mosques, the Medinna and the Atlas mountains with the Mount Toubkal).In the morning Omar and Raphaël walk in the Medina and enters into a "foundouk" (an old caravansary): the caravan driver used to put the goods and the animals on the ground floor and to sleep in the upper part of the hotel.Then they go to the Jemaa-el-fnaa square and they see a lot of diners : they eat a piece of beef and drink a tea.After that Raphaël meets Halim Sbaï (directeur de Cherg expeditions) and they travel by taxi to Tnina Ourika, a village where the women harvest and prepare the saffron: Raphaël helps harvesting and then preparing the flowers: the Doctor Abdelaziz Laqbaqbi explains the story of this place, the medicinal use of the saffron and the prices of this precious spice.Later Halim and Raphaël travel to the Draa Valley to Tamnougalt: at the "Ecologdge Bab el Oued) they are received by Mathilde Richard Aït El Caid: the lodge is in the middle of a palm grove : they grow lemons trees, have medicinal herbs (henna) and grow cows, donkeys and poultry.Then Raphaël and Hlim go to the Casbah des Caïds where they meet Zine Aït El Caïd: they visit the old building with a great courtyard: about 35 persons of the family are living there.On the terrace they drink mint tea and eat almonds.After that Raphaël travels to the Mansour Eddabhi Lake where he meets Jean-Pierre Datcharry (a trek organizer): they enjoy canoeing on the lake and observing the birds.Later they travel to Ouarzazate and they meet Zineb Boutkhoum , the wife of Jean-Pierre who is also mountain guide and manages their guesthouse (Dar Daïf): the supper will be a tajine with lamb meat and quinces.On the morning Halim has joined Raphaël and they travel by car to M'Hamid, the door of the desert: they meet there Ibrahim Sbaï (the founder of the Taragale Festival; we visit some women weaving carpets and meet also Oum Benessahraoui, the musician and singer.Later Raphaël is riding a camel and they arrive at a camp: Oum is singing and the people are dancing. Besidees we see zooms about two young Moroccan women (Alia and Fatima),about the craftsmen in the Atlas (the wood carver who produces plates for the couscous, the potter and the tooth puller who buys the item in walnut wood), about the date palms in the Draa Valley , about the life in a village of the Haut-Atlas (Mohammed the farmer, the female weavers, the mutual aid) and about the nomads (the transhumance, the bread cooking)

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