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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 …
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Clementines for a smile
... a coffee. As I sat enjoying my coffee a little boy came up to me asking for a clementine. Up to this point in my trip, I had become quite accustomed to being asked for money by the little children in the street, but never chose to encourage a child to become a beggar so I had always resisted the sad faces off the children. But this time all the kid wanted was a clementine. Considering I had paid about $0.50 for 15 clementines, I had not problem providing the kid ...
Off to the beach!
... couple of live musicians playing a local style of music called Gnaoua (http://www.essaouira.nu/culture_gnaoua .htm), brought to Morocco centuries ago by slaves from the south. It is very trance like for dancing.
Then it's off home to bed.
Day 2 in Essaouira and it's good to have cereal for breakfast.
9.00 we meet for the city tour to familiarise ourselves with the town.
Leaving our hotel we walk to Square Orsen Welles, ...


