Hotel Tikida Golf Palace Agadir

I found it really ironic that one of Surf Maroc's properties was called Villa Mandala. A lot of my time in Bali was based around the spiral, connecting to this circle of existence we all share a part of and we all come back to. How I can live and teach the sacred Mandala of ritual, but also the greater Mandala of daily practice. How I can be and feel the wholeness.

So it was quite ...

... to surf!  I'm completely in love with this new passion.  I relate it a lot to yoga:  here I am, asking Mother Ocean if I may join with with her and become the wave.  I'm quite addicted now to heading out to the water to play.  I'm improving which pleases me; I haven't tried to learn a new sport in awhile to get better at.  I'm hungry for it, the joy of standing up and floating; I can say there's nothing like ...

... in the lush Palm Bay and enjoy the sun, because it's always there to light up your day! The opportunities for play during your day are plentiful, including a variety of water sports! There's also a golf course and tennis court. If you're more into relaxing than getting active, or need to wind down after too much activity, sip a rejuvenating beverage in one of the six bars inside ...

... visited The UniPrix, a supermarket with fixed prices (rare thing for arabian countries =D ) and then went to get pastry and drink some Nes-nes (milky coffee).

Also I discovered that some souvenirs which I bought earlier on Bazaar, even while i bargained as a devil to get price cut in half, had 10 times lower price in a fixed-price shops! Not Fair! Now I would know that in my future trips!

And then, at ...

... is normal.

Sud Bahia 3* - the hotel is the cheapest in Agadir. All rooms are sold though=). Old, but good, has very small territory with a little pool, but if you're goin' to watch Agadir, not lying by the pool - it's the best choice=D.

Club Hotel Al Moggar Garden Beach 4* - great hotel! It's territory is stretched along the beach line. The hotel is oldie, but it's in a good form. Rooms are spacy enough. The pool is interesting ...

... number of sweet, smiling children (over 60% of the population of Morocco is under the age of 20. Con: Being persistently followed and asked by every child if we could give them money Pro: Seeing tree climbing goats! The goats actually climbed way up into the trees to eat the fruit of the Argane trees. Con: Knowing that the goats learned to climb trees to eat because there is no grass since the average ...

... Agadir, at this time of the year, is not exactly JFK. It was about the quietest airport I've seen in a long time, and so orderly, no touts, no mess. Nobody. A few tour buses were waiting for package tourists, and in the distance a few taxis. They must have known about the situation and were asking for quite a high price, 15 Euro to go into town and 30 Euro to my hotel a little north of ...

They DO in fact have a hostel-hotel in Tamri! After a delicious home made breakfast at the Imsouane surfer hostle, of argon oiled eggs and toast, we started our epic 10km climb straight up the cliffs back above sea level. The climb is so strenuous that at times it felt like it couldn't be more vertical. There was a lot of sweat, and a lot of walking since riding rfelt like we would fall off because of the angle. Once at the top, the view was INCREDIBLY beautiful... surf below, a skinny ...

... flat out on the floor. Started to wash when the big black guy gave me some liquid soap. I thought this was pretty nice of him so thanked him. But he went off and came back with an enormous pot scrub and told me to lie on the floor face down. I was starting to feel like this was getting a bit strange. Still he preceded to sand paper my arms, legs and back until they turned all pink and later my sides and head. He must have been at it for 15 minutes ...

... 30 minute drive, I was surprised to hear the desk clerk pronounce my surname perfectly, this being Eastern European. My room was on the first floor with double bed, tv and balcony with a view of the pool. It was hot, the temperature was about 26. I can't hear well in my left ear, deaf from the flight. I asked the cleaning lady, (who came in to ask if the bedding needed changing already), why the cistern was running permanently, I surmised she was saying (in French) that it would ...