Maroko, Góry Atlas , droga na przełęcz Tizi n'Test

Great news for me - my car passed the MOT first time!

This is extremely rare. I run older cars, typically buying them at about 8 or 9 years old and changing them 3 or 4 years later. This means that invariably some minor ailment comes up on the annual inspection - usually suspension related or somesuch.

Not so this time, which is a great result for the mighty Volvo with almost 160k on.

What's interesting is that the MOT now carries historical mileage information, and you can see that I'm pretty consistent. This year has been slightly lower mileage. We must have skipped an airshow somewhere. ;)

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Tin Mal mosque.

Cut from circles of denim and floral fabrics with a lilac felt centre. Silver stars and a pretty tibetan silver butterfly surround the celebratory message.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Reservoir.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Cliff.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. View from the parking lot of the restaurant pictured before.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Tin Mal mosque.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Close to the northern end of the pass road (near Tahanout).

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Bridge over a Wadi on the way to Tin Mal mosque.

Road up to Tizi n'Test mountain pass.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Looking into the landscape.

Mountains in Taliouine.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Unfinished Kasbah (castle) near Tin Mal.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. The valley.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. At the summit (2,100m): a restaurant and motel.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. The white line is the road...

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Tin Mal mosque.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Tin Mal mosque.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Tin Mal mosque.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Tin Mal mosque.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Don't worry about the missing crash barriers...

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Tin Mal mosque.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Old car.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Road works near the northern end of the pass road (near Tahanout).

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Tin Mal mosque.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. You have to be a safe driver to manage this difficult and partially dangerous road.

Castle ruin in Taliouine.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Mosque and Kasbah ruin near Tin Mal.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Road works near the northern end of the pass road (near Tahanout).

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Tin Mal mosque.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Tin Mal mosque.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Red sandstone.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Tin Mal mosque.

Castle ruin in Taliouine.

Castle ruin in Taliouine.

Castle ruin in Taliouine.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Fortified village near Tahanout.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Agave.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Break through.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Ruin of a food stall.

Kilometre 3 of Tizi n'Test mountain pass road.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road. Edge of a mouflon reserve.

Tizi n'Test mountain pass road.