Back from Skoura (Morocco) (page 15 of 18)

Oh yes, a huge thank you for these sunny photos. In the heart of our winter, it does so much good.

And this year, we're lucky to have clear blue skies every day—it's cold in the mornings, but really bright during the day. You could almost think you're in Morocco. Almost!

It's global warming. ...

Blue skies, sure. But we're having a cold winter, colder than previous years. So even if the planet is warming up, that's not the case in January.

The cold has given way to rain. The blue skies are gone, but temperatures are milder again. You can't have it all.

Not a breath of wind, no rain, and 14 degrees this afternoon on the Breton coast. Not bad!

Even in Morocco, winter was pretty cold this year. But by late February, winter is usually behind us. We’ll be there soon. Hopefully, we can count on some sunshine.

Just read an article about a group of young students who returned from Morocco after taking part in the 4L Trophy, and they never imagined they’d be so cold in Morocco!

Indeed, I just read an article about a group of young students returning from Morocco after participating in the 4L Trophy, and they never imagined it would be so cold in Morocco.

Morocco is a country of mountains. And in winter, at high altitudes, it can get very cold. Look at the kids' faces in the mountains—you can see how the cold bites their skin.

It doesn’t surprise me—the students from that grocery-school think only about vroom-vrooming with their cars, boasting about being "great humanitarians" while speeding through Merzouga (I’m speaking from experience!!!). But have they even studied Morocco’s history, its geography, its climate? I doubt it. And don’t even get me started on its poets—let’s not ask for too much.

When I think that the commitment costs 3200 €, not counting gas, lunch, and little extras… how many schools could be equipped with that money?

Well, I’m not going to make any friends here.

I totally agree with you. I find this kind of "humanitarian" action pretty ridiculous. And I’m surprised it keeps happening every year.

It should wrap up soon since there aren’t enough 4Ls around. They’re getting harder and harder to find.

This year, there are still over 1,200 of them in the race. I’m not worried—when the top business schools (where most participants come from) no longer have 4Ls available, they’ll just switch to another brand, like Peugeot, and keep bragging about their humanitarian efforts. I’ll stop here before my blood pressure spikes. Just the registration fees alone give the organizers a nice little bundle of around 3 million euros—so, is bringing three books and building a school really that big of a deal? I wonder if the kids in those "grocery-store" schools can even do the math to see how they’re being played in the sand.

You're absolutely right. They're so convinced they're doing the right thing... They see themselves as great adventurers. It's a real con game.

It’s a kind of "initiation journey." Humanitarian work isn’t the main goal.

Some of these 4L cars probably won’t be making it back to France. You see them all the time on Moroccan roads.

Leaving a car in Morocco isn't that straightforward these days. The legislation is pretty restrictive on the matter.

I just read in the news that it’s now happening in 205 too. So, these rallies still have a bright future ahead of them.

Hannah called it... She was so right...

Yep, well done Hannah.