Hotel Smara
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Seaside Tourist town
Caught the CTM bus which departs from its own statio near the hotel. Country side between casablanca and essaouira seems to be mostly agricultural. Arrived at the station and was immediately set upon by dozens of touts trying to get me to go to this or that hotel. Thankfully not to far a walk to the hotel(provided I dont get lost) so decided to jst …
BEACHING BUMMING BEFORE BLIGHTY!
We hadn't much hope for the holiday we had planned beside the beach when we rocked up in a cold Casablanca but the weather was looking up in Marrakech and made a massive improvement in Essouaira, where we headed after an outstanding International Film Fest. We found a cheap and cheerful hotel-as recommended in the Lonely Planet I picked up before, …
Ease'n up in Essaouria
26th May 2011
Had a well deserved lie in till around 8:30, which was followed by a long hot shower and a pancake breakfast. Following breakfast, we headed over to the bus station to catch the 11:30 bus to Essaouria, a small fishing town on the Atlantic coast. The weather in Essaouria was supposed to be heavy rain, so we figured we'd do the …
Groundhog bushcamping
... Cheap food again, but this time in torrential rain. Back to our now drenched campsite, and wet tents.
We drove and bushcamped.
We drove into a campsite at Essaouira, then went into town. We visited the fishing port and medina, then back to the camp, where our tents had dried out.
I walked into Essaouria and back along the beach, then hung out in a bar for a couple of hours, consuming one bottle of (25cl) beer! ...
Riding Camels along the beach
... like you are getting thrown off the front. It was really fun riding the camels along the beach, it wasn't that comfortable but the novelty factor was definitely up there.
It was then time to catch our bus back to Marrakech, not before fitting in one last mint tea. We'd had a nice and relaxing time in Essauria. The highlight would have been the fresh fish in the sun on day one. ...
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