High times; Trek in the Atlas mountains, sleep in the Sahara and enjoy a few dates, all by way of a hot new hideaway " Ruth Metzstein finds that there's no need to rough it in the wilds of Morocco.(Features) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: October 29, 2005| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2005 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Ruth Metzstein

Inside every one of us is a little mountain goat just waiting to get out. And there's no better place to find him than among the barren and dramatic slopes of Morocco's High Atlas mountains. Spanning the breadth of the country, the range divides the plains that stretch from the coast " where the cities of Marrakesh, Casablanca, Fez and Rabat are to be found " to the wild south, with its staging-post towns, countless kasbahs carved into the scenery and palm groves that give way to the Sahara desert and the border with Algeria.

The High Atlas is home ...