Meski

Meski has a potable water well but most houses now have running water. The village also has a reserve water tank should it ever be required.

Two harnessed mules turn two olive presses overseen by two villagers. The process is very simplistic and everything gets dumped on the ground.

We went on a guided tour of the village led by a local young man who had very little formal education but who can communicate well in 9 languages including French, Spanish,German, English and Arabic.

The interior of 2 homes we went into were well appointed, one of which was a 2 storey style with a central courtyard.

Extended families live in most Moroccan homes. An average and more traditional village home is small and houses their animals as well. Almost all village buildings are constructed using mud with dung and or straw and cement and rendered smooth ready for painting if desired.