Hotel Beaurivage Essaouira

Nous voilà 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
voilà parti pour Essaouira. Arrivee labas Nous avons pose le
Essaouira, Morocco quatrequart

... boats (all blue), unload their catch to waiting locals who are all covered in long cloaks like colourful Darth Vaders. Fishermen lay out their nets (also blue) on the wharf to mend. Back in the medina (old town) we discover the food market. There are fresh peaches, nectarines, stawberries and dates. We buy little flat loaves of bread for lunch. Everyone speaks French and Terry's French is useful. We finish the day eating fish in a cafe watching the sun go down over the Atlantic.

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.  

... chair slid across the room.  I've never felt anything like that outside of an amusement park (though i can't say i was amused). We're off now.  We'll have a short refueling in Senegal, and then we'll be in Namibia in 8 days.  I've got to teach my class again today (classes happen only while at sea), and I have no idea how i'm going to do it... we're rocking so much.  This is the last day for Sevillanas.  Next class, BELLYDANCE!  (and the students are VERY excited for th

... of breed and olives (black standard and flavoured); with a serve of Moroccan Mint-tea. The total cost was 125dh, or less than 12 euro (24 australian); and we were both so full!To walk off dinner we decided to head for the beach at night. We learnt the beach is fully lit; it appears it has been designed to accommodate night swimming in the summer months. Tomorrow we plan to explore the Medina in more detail. The cost of food at restaurants is low, and the markets are ...

... smelt damp. Again it was poorly lit, with just one dim light and there was no heating. Two nights in this dump! I was getting fed up with this now. I was prepared for basic rooms but for the amount I had paid for the trip, I expected to be warm at least. Still, the two receptionists were very friendly, with smiles that lit up the room. We couldn't wait to go and investigate this town, despite the rain. A beautiful walled fishing town with fantastic restaurants, famous for the ...

... suggested taking an antihistimine, which I hadn't thought of. Once I took that, I was in heaven and finally able to sleep through the night. But my roomates(who of course are now on my blog) can vouch for the size of these bites. I had a ring of 6 or 7 of them specifically around my belly button and waist band, several up and down my legs, a massive clump of bites on my shoulder blades, and for some strange reason, bites on both my pinky fingers, which ...

... we went. The place looked like it hadn´t been used in months, but wasn´t too bad and very big for the 5 of us. Upon agreeing and paying the agreed amount to the landlady who came down when we got there, our two touts hung around the apartment for a while until we asked what they wanted. Why, their commission, of course. And they wouldn´t really take no for an answer.

... the bus, reflecting on this, and waching more of nothing going by. I taught Andrew how to play MASH-- turns out he has a terrfic future ahead of him, and he's marrying Kate Winslet. While I'll end up living in the middle of nowhere, with 10 kids, married to George W. Bush. So for me, the future is bleak. Once we were back in Marrakech, it was kind of like returning home-- I was familiar enough with the city to feel comfortable there. We checked back into ...