Hotel Atlantide
Travel Blogs from Safi
Morocco
... on the coast called Ouladia so that was our next spot. This was a little town set on a lagoon that opened to the Atlantic. We had a couple of amazing tagines here and it was a really relaxing little place where we had a hotel right on the lagoons edge. I went on a surf mission one day which provided a bit of an insight into the strict adherence to religious practices in the country. After a so so surf I walked to the ...
Fleabag hotel stay over
... away. Got a ticket for 30Dh and Jumped on.
On the bus i got the Ipod and headphones out to entertain myself and my neighbour, an elderly Moroccan man was very eager to watch "sherlock holmes" with me. I shared the film and it was very entertaining to watch the old man twiddle his thumbs with delight when there was a scene of a lady undressing herself! yet nothing was revealed..
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Flat... Pit stop for lunch :(
We stocked up food at the Marjane in Safi and then continued to Sidi Bouzid where I had scored a few waves on the way down the coast. No such luck today, I knew it would be the case for teh surf forcast but was hoping it was wrong, instead I had to be contented with an ocean view over a late ...
I'm finally surfing!!!!
... it was about to reach high tide so I was able to fit in a 45 minute surf before the waves disappeared. Val and Kim got the fold up chairs and read their books in the sun in the car park overlooking the surf. I got back in at 3pm although the waves were still pretty full they were surfable it would improve as time went on but I'm afraid it would not get really good until after I had to get out again. You ...
Meet the Atlantic
... of clarity when you realise where you are and how great it is. The next day we woke up and had some brekkie at a restaurant on the beach. The waves seemed to be all over the shop and when we found out it was about 30 Australian to hire a board we though "Forget it". About 6km down the beach we saw a point break that had alot of potential and we considered stealing a couple of donkeys to get there but in the end we ...