Exploring the Ourika Valley in Morocco! | Vlog |
[Music] welcome to the AA Valley We've Come First St to a Berber village where locals live so I'm on a guided tour there are three stops now where we are now the orka valley has got a lot of vegetation cuz you've got the river coming through olives lots of olive trees uh Quints plums when you get further up there's cherries so I'm looking forward to seeing that hopefully there's some actual food that we can eat but this area is known for the plants and the and the vegge and the fruit we are also being followed by children who I think of trying to sell us things three generation are living here okay it's typical bread of the valley that's what we cook here a lot that's what we do a lot that's what you're going to try with tea olive oil in learn how to make the Moroccan tea so the ingredients granos tea you know so always the green tea first green tea you're going to see here this sugar is typical sugar in Morocco it's different than the one that you can find everywhere you go this one you bought it like 2 kilos after that we break it to small pieces then we make it in our te after that we're going to use a different plants you know as you know during the year here with a lot of plants in our teas it depends of the Season it depends if you have a problem with from a problem so we must use something that will help us for this problem and different thing it's cold or hot it's okay as well for example here we have verbina you know lemon verbina herbal verbina lemon verbina so verbina is the famous plant here that we use at night why at night because it helps to sleep against insomnia so it's more relaxing that's why we prefer to use our teeth at night herbal Visa the geranium is the best thing that we use for blood circulation that's why many people are doing in the te for blood circulation maram maram it's very famous so this one after eating it means for digestion it's more healthy that's why after eating we use a lot of mam in our te sometimes th and oregano the first thing the first thing that we should do it will be the green tea and the te guys you know after put it the green tea it's time to add tiny bit of boiling [Music] water so when we add the water it's time to shake it you know shake it so it will be for washing the green tea we're going to wash the green tea after that we throw it away so this we don't use it for something special so we threw it away so the green tea always end you see always the green tea end okay because there's a filter here any so this step for three reasons the first reason to clean the green tea the second reason to make wet the leaf of the green tea when it is wet will be opened so after that it will be easy to give the flavor this is how it is going and the third step you see it's dark color it means there is a percentage of the flavor is going out why because we have to break the flavor the green tea so after that it's time to put the sugar and the lot sugar it's okay so after putting the sugar we have to make it full with the boiling water now we make it full with the boiling water okay so guys when we make full the now we're going to find the boiling water the sugar and the green tea so it's time to boil it for 1 minute or 2 minutes we have to put in the fire again for boiling it okay that's it you see this one the color of it it's like a bit darker but this one is light you see two types of mint okay that's it you should know here Morocco we have five types of mint that exist everywhere you go if you like to buy a plant that it used for the tea you're going to see that there is five types of mint if you go around the wall you're going to find more than 300 type of mint now the tea is already boiled so now it's time to add the plants to it we are going to start by verbina first okay so about the absent we put Verina verum time and absent tiny tiny because strong if Mo okay that's and we are going to put mint Min it's a lot okay that's okay so after putting everything on the T in the T it's time to mix it but we mix it by using another glass okay we have to make it full then we return it back to the same teapot you know this step it will be always to make the flavor out you know so it's logic if the plant are stable it will take time to give the flavor but with the movement the flavor will come out of course if the sugar is sticky down we're going to make one flavor in all the teapot okay that's it so we have to do it couple times you know and this is tradition to do it higher do you know why no you know why we do it higher no for the show the we are very shy know uh you have right I'm sure many people do will say bubbles they will say to cool it you know oxygen and different things but if you go back to the past so the first person who did the Tea higher it used to be to save the glasses because the glasses in the past were not good quality most of them get broke you know that's why someone I don't know who okay someone started the weight higher they found that it's possible to save the glasses by the wind that t higher but from that time till now we still using it now it's a culture it's tradition to do it higher for other reasons to cool it you are right also for me as a maker of the tea I have to do it higher to see the bubbles you because the bubbles will give me an idea if the tea is ready or not yet so the people that live here are called the berbers however that is seen a little bit derogatory because that comes from the Roman influence of barbarous or Barbarian as English speakers would know so actually they prefer to be called amazir so they are the amazer people and that basically is Morocco going to the west of Egypt morania um and Algeria as well so Aamir yeah call them that that's the first stop done we are moving on uh talking about ethnicities I do feel a little bit left out here because pretty much everyone are either Spanish or French um and I'm the only one that is English so yeah I get special treatment apparently today because I'm they're speaking English to me [Applause] [Music] so this is what we really wanted from the Ora Valley we're walking up the mountain towards the waterfall and to the left of us is the river the stream coming down it is crystal clear and as you can see lots of seats color from everyone that gets to eat there look at this how beautiful it's not the easiest of Journeys check what we're having to get up here we go all the way up this walk there's locals trying to sell either their produce that they've made or obviously that they've brought in so here got rugs just laying there because there's a lot of tourists coming up and down and they're obviously hoping to sell so on this trip we had obviously the first stop at the lady's house we had bread tea given to us second stop was at a herbal medicine place which just a basic used to sell stuff to us then we've gone going up to the waterfall then we'll be having a meal later uh next to the river there you go things being made by hand you see here we are talking about the rock okay so I want a black cat now tell me how much first how much 15 150 you can do 100 100 can do 100 100 100 and I take 1 100 and I take no 100 and I take 100 okay well I did make a purchase uh a stone cat cuz obviously we're cat people if anyone knows us that can be a present to Charlie um but I don't mind because it was I paid 100 dim which is about £7 something um but I don't mind because it's actually handmade you saw them making it it's not just junk come from China so I don't mind that one that's okay nice little gift for Charlie step by step on this rugged Trail the air is crisp the wind Tells A Tale mountains rise reaching for the sky Oracle Whispers as the moments fly [Music] my God this is a mission very uneven all the way up but it's still able to do it 65 Dutchman he can do it so I can do it easy Valley climbing up to the waterfall's call where the echo dance and the waters fall Steep and Rocky but I won't turn back the summit's beauty lights my [Music] track oh my God I'm exhausted this is treacherous coming up here we were told about the hour and a half hike but we weren't told about the terrain of the hike we've reached the top oh wow down we have reached the waterfall check this out well this is the waterfall that we were trying to get to it's quite nice lots of tourists up here now the funny thing is Charlie went to Bulgaria about a month ago and she went up a mountain but I don't think the terrain was quite as steep as what I've just had to do not easy but I made it is it a nice waterfall yeah nice want to be on on camera lots of people up here now I'm going let you know the cost so it was €20 that included obviously the coach and there's three stops oh no four stops there was the Berber house then there was a medicinal home remedy type stuff uh then we obviously made this trip up here to the the waterfall and then we'll be having dinner which we have to pay for by the river that we saw earlier on I'm exhausted now I am truly exhausted um I do dread going down because actually people really needed help going down because it's slippery it's you're stepping on rocks but we'll have some fun shall we where the echo dance and the waters fall Steep and Rocky but I won't turn back the sun it's Beauty lights my track now I stand where the waters Le a secret KY yeah going down is definitely worse I reckon my wife yes oh God poor choice of shoes yeah I wish I had my Nike Jord I didn't have my Nike Jordans on and had walking boots instead uh okay this is the tricky bit the reached the bottom it was definitely more dangerous coming down with a few chances of slipping SL couple of slips uh we are now going to find a place to eat so I'll try some more morocc and food on this trip that should be nice well all the other people on the tour they are sitting at the tables and I thought no I'm going sit on my own the only Englishman no one's talk to me so apart from the Dutch man who's lovely but I'm going to sit on the floor as you can see right next to the river but it's cold oh yes it is cold but it's just so clear it's beautiful the only issue I've got is it is so touristy it's unbelievable now I get it these tour companies do it cheap um and then link up with the other businesses the restaurant here for example so that they all work together to try and make money but I think I would have preferred just renting a car and going on my own somewhere or getting some public transport and just going than actually doing this paid tour I know it was only 2020 but I think the the Dutch man said it really well it's like going to the base camp at Mount Everest now is just a queue just a queue so I'll let you know later if I recommend or not so same as my first evening in the middle of the Town Square in maresh red well it's warm at least that's a plus uh with the chilies and olives there that chili sauce was ridiculous the other day and I started off with an omelette with sort of salad on the side let's give it a try let's see could do a bit of salt probably it's not bad do a little bit of salt maybe a bit of seasoning probably not as good as my chicken's eggs at home but it's an okay sty well the main course is served chips some rice and some chicken skewers let's give it a try let's I just go mouth in no point of using on for cuz that tomato is really hot oh tastes decent to be fair it does grilled barbecue there's not I don't think it's easy to go wrong with grilled chicken like on a barbecue style skewer COA type thing um chips they are french fries what just going we do a bit of salt the one thing I do feel quite sad about there's still loads of cats even here there's loads of cats in mares itself but I feel really bad for them cuz they clearly want food I might just save a little bit of chicken and give them there's a little gray one there so might be getting some in a minute I did give her a little stroke and we finish off with a flam I think I'd call this a blamon I think it's more of a blamon but who [Music] knows yeah it's right hello so I W Rob he's in Ora Valley I wore his guide for today so I hope that it was a nice trip today yeah helped us get up the mountain right yeah of course you're invited to do the highest pick in the north of AF you could have given me you could have given me a piggy back why not with my pleasure yeah next time in okay [Music] [Laughter] [Music] that's that tour done so a valley in the Atlas Mountains what do I make of it okay well I probably wouldn't do it again it was nice to see um but it was really really busy uh it was a bit mental and I think there are better places to go even the tour guide who was lovely he even said that there's better places to go it's just a waterfall and he was correct it was just a waterfall uh my legs are doing well now that was a nice um bit of exercise for them so Yuri Couture I'd probably give it out of 10 a four out of 10 it was a bit boring it wasn't the most exciting maybe I should have gone on on a camel ride because I've never done that before but I didn't so we'll live and we learn but there is another Vlog done for you guys thank you so much for watching if you do want to support the channel then please go to charlieand rob.com and you on there you can see our merchandise Charlie rob.com that doesn't make any sense at aswe are dospace that's the website for our merchandise but you can see it by the website become a channel member just support us each month if you can and the easiest thing is like And subscribe I say it at the end of every video so you might as well do it thank you so much much and I'll see you on the next one
2025-01-03 12:36
