Des Iles Essaouira

Nous voilą parti
pour Safi, route superbe en bord de cote. Arrive labas nous avons
rencontre un ami d Aziz qui nous a aide a vendre notre remorque,
apres des petits coeurs grilles. Les marocains sont dur en affaires
je vous passe les details mais ca vallait le coup d etre vecu. Nous
voilą parti pour Essaouira. Arrivee labas Nous avons pose le
Essaouira, Morocco quatrequart

... seem to be male and young. The very few woman on the beach are either tourists or covered head to toe. First impression of Essaouira is that they like blue. All buildings are white with blue trim . The narrow alleys however are almost completely hidden under displays of funny pointy shoes, leather bags, pottery, colourful rugs and shawls and inlaid wooden things. Our 'no thankyou' in Arabic comes in handy again. Next day we walk to the port. This is a frantic hive of activity ...

Hoi! Om eens een lang rood lijntje op ons kaartje te krijgen, zijn we snel even naar Marokko gegaan. Na de megahit van Bensleg ft Hanzwol met het liedje 'Le Tiroir Dynamique' waren we verplicht om naar Marokko af te zakken. De tekst gaat immers over een dynamische schuif..iets wat in ...

Sorry for the delay in keeping you up to date on our travels.  We haven't had much stable internet connection here in Africe so our post will be short and sweet. Here we are in Essouira, a fun beach city couple hours West of Marrakesh.  We stopped by on our way back up to Casablanca.  

Well it was a bit of a struggle this morning -- the first one in quite a while! I still made it downstairs just after 9 and found that half the group were down there too. After brekky I did a bit of hand washing then headed out to do a few jobs - first the internet then shopping! I walked past a blanket place and checked out a few pillow case covers before deciding on 2 orange stripey ones. I also ...

... and interesting. We made a mental note of where the shopping areas were before we went back to change for dinner. That evening was spent roaming the wonderfully colourful souks, thinking about what we would be buying tomorrow as we had the whole day to do as we pleased. We came across an Italian restaurant too and all piled in to enjoy pizza. What a treat! Plenty of alcohol later, we staggered back to the hotel and thankfully I was too drunk to worry about the hovel I was staying i

... none of the hassle of beggars or harrassment from the locals. It has a great little fishmarket right on the water, where you pick the fish you want to eat from the display of fresh catches, they cook it up right in front of you, and you have a great, cheap, meal. Our last day together, the four of us decided to go for a traditional berebere massage, where we were pampered for 2 hours for the cost of only 35Euros! can't beat that! Though at one point, the ...

Day 10 took us on a 5 hour journey from the desolate anti Atlas Mountains, over the spectacular Tizi-n-Tichka Pass (2260m) and on to the scenic Toubkal National Park. Just out of the market village of Asni, we stopped into the restored Kasbah Tamandout, owned by Sir Ric************. The road ended at a small village called Asni. I added to ...

... hair.  Essaouira falls between the two.  But then again p**haps th**e would nev** be a right time for us in Essaouira.It feels like a v**y European city with whitewashed walls ev**ywh**e and trimmings painted a striking blue.  P**haps a Portuguese influence?  It gives it a feeling of space, and completely diff**ent to the shambling, rambling medinas of Marrakech or Tangi**s.  It's European-ness is enhanced by a far more cosmopolitan feel to the locals - for example ...