A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature - Henry David Thoreau. A dam was built on the Bin-el-Ouidane River, forming a 3,755 ha reservoir that brightens up the surrounding mountainous terrain. This impressive piece of engineering, 133m tall and 285m long at the top, produces electricity and irrigates the Tadla Plains. The road affords great views of the dam and the calm and amazingly blue waters of the lake.
It is in the early morning hour that the unseen is seen, and that the far-off beauty and glory, vanquishing all their vagueness, move down upon us till they stand clear as crystal close over against the soul.
My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water - Carl Hiaasen. Thailand’s beaches are legendary. Slender palms angle over pearlescent sand, warm turquoise seas conceal technicolour coral gardens, and beach parties beckon all types to let their hair down one way or another. With two long coastlines and jungle-topped islands anchored in azure waters, Thailand embraces the hedonist and the hermit, the luxury lover and the budget-savvy traveller.
