Hotel Azayla Asilah

... for some lights we could see gaurded by rocks on the beach front. It turned out to be a chi and sheesha bar which the locals go to and play frustration (thats right! The kids game!!). We just drank Chi (A morrocan Tea with loads of mint and sugar in it), smoked sheesha, and exchanged travelling stories with the polish guys. One of them rented a car in Marrakech and drove to the desert. Hmmmm........<br><br>Awesome night.<br><br>

... We shortly arrived in a town and as we stopped to take a picture of some camels on a beach we were approached by someone offereing us accomodation. Normally we would instantly reject an offer from a random bloke but due to the circumstances we accepted. He got in a taxi which we followed on our bikes through a maze of old dusty looking buildings. We arrived at his house and checked out where we were staying which turned out to be on the roof next to a ...

... on the coast, a short ride away and stayed there for two nights with these nice guys. Unfortunately they charged me too much to stay at their place, although it was a great time. One guys wife cooked us the most amazing chicken Tagine and for dinner the guy cooked another amazing dinner. I met a couchsurfer in their town who had two other americans staying with him, and my hosts invited the two over to join us for dinner. A long night ...

... and stopped at every town and for everybody on the side of the road who even looked like they were going to scratch their nose. Once in Casablanca we walked across the bus park onto a connecting bus and thankfully that was all we saw of Casablanca. Men were in punch ups and the whole vibe was very aggressive. Once in Asilah, a tout took us to a room in the unmarked Hotel Fatima that had good views to the ocean and was in the medina. We ...

... conhecido dos camionistas, o amuleto que penduram no retrovisor é um cd com umas inscrições em arabe, nao sei se sera algum verso do alcorão, depois, tudo o resto, a rendazinha imunda no tablier, as bandeiras de paises islâmicos em formato 20x30 cm no tejadilho, o cachimbo do « chocolate », a caixa de esferovite colada também ao tablier onde enfiam varias dezenas de K7 de fabrica com musica arabe ...

Here I am, back on this space sooner than I expected thanks to free wi-fi Internet courtesy of the fancy hotel next door to the rock-bottom one I'm staying at. My first day in Morocco went quite (and I'd like to underline the quite..) smoothly, both Monty the Land Rover and I are still in one piece, I've found a nice place to stay, nosed around the local Medina, took a few pictures and now I can upload them right ...

Again, Kiwi Pat saves the day, and we take another look around our surroundings, but this time we headed across the strait of Gibraltar to Tangier, Morocco. Des, our Scottish pal went to England yesterday, so this time, we brought Oleg, a pal from Turkmenistan and drove about an hour to Tarifa to catch the ferry to Tangier. It was a pretty reasonable cost (58 Euro), which included the ferry ride and a guided bus tour ...

... for some glue to repair the bag mount that had been broken. no hot water, though the lady of the house swore that the small on-demand water heater works. she and our "friend" ahmed, tried repeatedly to try to light the pilot light, checked the butane bottle to see if it could be causing the problem. after a while we told them to give up, we'd suffer with a cold shower...

... check, and then he&#8217;ll get me the ticket. It sounds flakey, but I&#8217;m assuming there are offices on the other side. I go through, but find none. Mildly freaking out now as the departure time approaches, I finally go back to the passport control point. My friend is there.<br><br> "Where did you go? I&#8217;ve been waiting for you. Come on over, and I&#8217;ll go buy your ticket."<br><br>Huh? What? What&#8217 ...

... support bandages today for my wrists and my left knee. If these make a difference, I should be able to make much quicker progress over the coming days. I should not be so uncomfortable on the bike, so will be able do long stretches, getting the power down. I met the two girls staying in the room next to me. They are agriculture students here in Larache. We chatted for a while about nothing in particular.