Ifrain, also known as “The Little Switzerland” of Morocco is a picturesque village in the Cedar Forest. Probably the cleanest place we have seen, we were told the wealthy of Morocco own homes here and come for holiday. But our favorite part on this leg of our journey was a stop at the edge of the Cedar Forest where it is home to a colony of barbarian apes.  When we were told we were going to be stopping here and possibly seeing the apes, we thought of course that they would be up in the trees and hard to see. Boy were we ever surprised. As we drove up and got out of the car, at least 50 of them came running out of the forest, all hungry for peanuts. We purchased some for 5 durham a bag and the next 1/2 hour or so was pure mahem. They were pulling on our pants legs, jumping on our backs, jumping all over the car and fighting with each other. We were all screaming and laughing so hard and it was just what we needed after a long day in the car.  Very, very fun!

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