0309. A small detour (Mor 142--new)
I continued on north up the canyon--after a little while I figured I should clamber up the cliff a ways so I could take some pictures with the cliffs and the oasis below... I found what appeared to be the ruins of a stone fort of some sort... not much left of it now...
From up on the cliff I was able to spot a little village on the opposite side of the oasis--so I figured I'd go check it out... In fact, there's a paved road and a bridge heading that way... I paused in the shade of some trees by the river to play a few songs just as a train of school kids on bicycles began speeding past. Of course, they had to check out this odd phenomenon--and I'm afraid I may have caused a few of them to get late for class...
El Gara is a nice, quiet secluded village with, of course its little castle--though not quite as subterranean as the others I've seen... Beyond it there's a dirt road that beckons me up another dry canyon...
But no, I've got a mission to fulfill, and I mustn't be distracted, so I climb up the hillside, take my video clip and head back towards the main highway... as ladies washing their clothes in a canal eye me with curiosity...
