Atlas Essaouira & Spa
Boulevard Mohamed V Essaouira, 44000, Morocco
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Part two in Morocco. After spending three wet and cold nights in Marrakech, Paul and I made our way to the bus terminal to get the hell out of there. It was still raining as we made our way through the labyrinth of souks and we dodged puddles, mopeds and beggars for what seemed like hours but was probably only about fifteen minutes. I'd been to the …
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Clementines for a smile
... the horrors of the surfing experience). By 11AM I was out the door, on my way to the harbor.
The harbor is the center of life in Essaouira. Day in and day out fishermen tend to their nets and to their boats preparing for their day's fishing. Constantly boats are bringing fish into the harbor to immediately be sold on the streets to supply Essaouira's demands. No refrigeration or ice is necessary here as the bounty of fish is quickly disseminated among ...
Essaouira and cold weather
... figured out that the lessons were recorded and that they could watch them later. I had the job of recording their attendance daily and watching their grades, and to help keep them on track.
I was failing at this, particularly because I consider my girls to be very responsible, and I knew they would be keeping me apprised of their status. I looked over their lessons occasionally and could see that they were cranking out the work. However, their grades were not up ...
Spice of the Desert ... Sand!
Today was primarily a travel day – about 4 hours in the car. But the trip was interrupted for two major sights. First, the Moroccan version of Wal-Mart, and then a great picnic on a stunning beach in Agadir.
The Moroccan Wal-Mart was so much fun. Andrea and I kept going up and down the aisles, looking at every day products – seeing some famiar name brands – and others we had never seen. We got to the Cheese section and they gave ...
Time to leave that comfort Zone
We've been in Morocco for one week now.
What a shock after Europe?
We caught a bus from Seville to ferry in Spain (2 hours), Ferry to Tangers (1 hour) and overnight train (12 hours) from Tangers to Marrakesh. All in a days work.
Arriving in Tangers was pretty full on, they are used to Europeans arriving fresh off the boat so are very pushy. We got abused by a tout worse than we ever ...



