Chebika

The weather was a bit disappointing but the journey across the desert in a 4X4 wasn't! Our destination: Chebika, an oasis near the Algerian border in the eastern Atlas Mountains

In the middle of nowhere, water provides a reason for building a settlement.

The original village was abandoned in 1969 after two successive floods. The people now live not far away in a safer zone.

That's the desert in the background - nothing for miles and miles.

The tree-line follows the water-course.

I think this woman was stalking me!

Two very excited children after Tine showed them a frog in the pool!

Here we have one of the water sources, straight out of the mountains.

Like in Madeira no water is wasted but channeled for use in the village and in the plantations.