Local Chatter

One of the pleasures of working on the L’Amandier development has been meeting and working with both the locals and other foreigners building their businesses in and around Marrakech. We explore what the locals have to say and introduce you to a few characters and establishments that we reckon are worth writing about ...

Giving back to the community and the environment: PART 2

Posted by Mikaela (Morocco based) on August 31st, 2010 · Leave a comment

As with most developing countries, the infrastructure in rural Morocco is not particularly advanced or well-funded. Ancient customs and methods of doing things can be very effective, and to a certain extent, this is true of how rubbish is dealt with. But it has become a problem beyond these methods and is having a negative [...]

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Giving back to the community and the environment: PART 1

Posted by Mikaela (Morocco based) on August 26th, 2010 · Leave a comment

From the concept stage of L’Amandier, we have been very clear in our aim to be sensitive to the local community and environment, and determined to give back in the most effective way possible. We cannot step away from the fact that we are building in a rural area, but where possible we have kept [...]

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A Moroccan adventure; climbing Mount Toubkal

Posted by Mikaela (Morocco based) on August 17th, 2010 · Leave a comment

Anwar (our MD) is a man with many missions. So many, that generally I can’t keep up. One of these recently stated missions is to climb the highest peak in a different mountain range each year. This year was Mont Blanc in the Alps. Last year was Mount Toubkal in the High Atlas mountains of [...]

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