one of the greatest experiences I've ever had was in Morocco. It was a trip to the desert. A group of us set off from Marrakesh at 7 a.m. in a minibus and headed southeast. The countryside on the way was very unusual, with dry gray cliffs, and below them in the canyons there were lots of green palm tree. When we got to the Atlas Mountains, we ran into a snowstorm, and it got very cold in the bus. It's incredible to think that the hot desert was so near.