Midelt

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Tajine food on the main street		 midelt02.jpg (59503 bytes)
Another tajine stand		 midelt03.jpg (61401 bytes)
The main street		 midelt04.jpg (95529 bytes)
Women doing laundry
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Our lunch kasbah
That's our bus		 midelt08.jpg (73963 bytes)
Courtyard of the kasbah		 midelt06.jpg (70781 bytes)
Lunch entertainment		 midelt05.jpg (62104 bytes)
He came back 
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Like a manger scene		 midelt09.jpg (58448 bytes)
One of many fossils stores
Midelt lies at the foot of the J'bel Ayachi and is cold in the winter, at an altitude of 1,488 meters, and windswept at all times.  It has been essentially a mining town attracting a mixed population.  It is also a horticultural center, concentrating on apples.  The youth of the town seem to live off selling semi-precious (or fake semi-precious) stones and fossils to the passing tourists.