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If you are near Marrakech and you like walking, take the time to go into the High Atlas.
General View of a village near ImlilLife is very hard for many of the people who live there. However, an increasing number of villages now have electricity (for lighting the streets and running essential appliances) and tracks are being built to some remote regions which can be used by vehicles. In the past, everything had to be brought in by mule.
Schools are also being built and refurbished in the smaller villages. Both girls and boys go to school (although girls often have to stay home to help their mothers). 
A village school Tasks are divided between men and women, with the men dealing with things like planting and keeping the irrigation ditches in order, while girls and women bring home brush wood and firewood and go to the well.
Crops are often grown on terraces As the mountains are now being stripped of vegetation, there are moves to try and get people to use butane gas instead of collecting wood and brush.
Bringing home the firewood The villages can be very attractive and many have quite unusual doors.
They are often very brightly painted or can even be made out of sardine cans beaten flat! 
"Sardine can" doors
Donkeys and mules are ever present. A mule can carry 100kg of goods.
They are the original "4 foot" drive animal. They can maintain their footing on the steepest paths.
Along the paths are various "street" vendors. When you're toiling up a steep mountain, a soft drink cooled in an ingenious "fridge" can be a life-saver!
An irrigation stream serves as a soft-drinks cooler