It was during our trip to Morocco that we stayed at Riad Cascades d'Ouzoud, near to the Ouzoud Cascades, not too far from Marrakech in Morocco. As with our Oman road trip, Ali and I had pinpointed those places that were a little more out of the way yet equally as fascinating to visit as the major cities that most tourists visited this amazing country for. The Ouzoud Cascades were at the top of our list having seen the amazing pictures on Trip Advisor and the like!
Our morning walk in the heat took us along a well-made path, past the top of the waterfalls, down to the base. We were certainly not expecting to see monkeys of any sort, though in hindsight the pictures on the walls at the riad should have given us a clue!
There were many, many Barbary apes along the path. Some were just minding their own business, others were getting up to mischief with their siblings and another group were intent on causing havoc with passing tourists!
It was one such havoc causing ape that I ended up feeding. With a handful of nuts from the man who we met on the path I had an ape eating out of my hand, climbing up on my shoulders and also stealing my sunglasses!
Cute, with powerful hands - a little claw like - they dug into my head with a vice-like grip! Thought of rabies or losing my Ray Bans to this little monkey aside, he took the nuts from my hands and made himself at home whilst feeding!
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